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  • Article from 27.08.2025 | Last changed: 27.08.2025

    Nitrogen

    A tractor spreading fertilizer on a field

    … on a field Source: Emjay Smith / Fotolia Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for all living organisms. The use of mineral and organic nitrogen fertilizers to increase yields is therefore common practice in agriculture. Careful and needs-based application is crucial. … – Causes, Effects, Measures” summarizes the latest findings on this topic and presents them on a new database. Agriculture is considered to have the greatest need …

  • Article from 14.02.2013 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Ammonia, dust and odour emissions

    Pigs on a meadow

    … Intensive livestock farming is a key agricultural sector in Germany, but one that unfortunately generates ammonia emissions, odours and dust that are hazardous to the … direct damage to vegetation. Ammonia and ammonium are also key precursor substances for the formation of particulate matter, which is a health hazard. Apart from … THG-Emissionen durch erneuerbare Energien FAQ Übersicht Alte Dateien & Änderungen Download Related publications Information about Techniques to consider in the …

  • Article from 28.08.2025 | Last changed: 29.08.2025

    Fertilizer

    Großaufnahme eines Traktors, der auf einem Feld Gülle ausfährt

    … fertility and agricultural yield potential be secured in the long term. It is therefore essential to supply the soil – and thus the plants growing on it – with … applied through fertilization. It has been available since February 2011 and can be downloaded from the BMEL website. This draft proposal does not include a limit value …

  • Article from 17.07.2024 | Last changed: 18.07.2024

    Water Reuse

    … WFD” (published 2016) and a legislative proposal  on common minimum requirements for water reuse for agricultural irrigation and aquifer recharge (published 2018). Since 26 June 2023 the  Regulation on minimum requirements for water reuse for agricultural irrigation  applies in all EU member states. …

  • Article from 08.10.2021 | Last changed: 16.07.2025

    Joint research project on decentralized water reuse

    Taking lysimeter cores in a field to analyze water balance and transport processes.

    … Decentralized agricultural reuse of municipal wastewater to reduce competition for water), the decentralized treatment and reuse of domestic wastewater for the irrigation of plants is investigated in both field and laboratory … increasingly causing acute regional water shortages which can lead to competition for water, for example between drinking water supply and agricultural irrigation. …

  • Article from 18.07.2024 | Last changed: 19.07.2024

    EU Regulation on Minimum Requirements for Water Reuse

    EU Regulation on Minimum Requirements for Water Reuse The EU Regulation 2020/741 of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum requirements for water reuse entered into force on 26 June 2020 and applies in all EU member …

  • Article from 29.12.2021 | Last changed: 05.01.2024

    Water Resource Management

    … designed to protect waterbodies as an element of the ecosystem as a basic necessity for human life as a habitat for animals and plants  as a usable commodity. The tasks … were used. Water exploitation index Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany Downloads: Figure as PDF (148.67 kB) Figure as Excel with data (42.65 kB) Individual … National Water Strategy On 8 June 2021 the Federal Environment Ministry presented the “National Water Strategy”. It addresses questions related to securing …

  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 12.06.2025

    Serious Gaming and Sustainability

    Game controller with landscape

    … impact games) are aimed at education, the transfer of certain skills or motivation for certain actions, for example. Serious games combine typical game elements such … Wie ein Problem zur Lösung wird. https://www.bmuv.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Download_PDF/Digitalisierung/digitalagenda_bf.pdf (in German only) With a generation … finished end of 2024. The final report is available in German language and can be downloaded from our webpage: …

  • Article from 23.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.02.2023

    International information offers

    International information offers To support an exchange of information between the EU Member States on their experiences, a collection of … different international offers of information on biocides and their alternatives is presented on this page. last update on 23.11.2022 Based on a workshop conducted on …

  • Article from 23.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.02.2023

    Non-biocidal substitution for biocidal antifouling coatings

    Non-biocidal substitution for biocidal antifouling coatings Biocidal antifouling … to be considered during the comparative assessments. These alternatives need to present a significantly lower overall risk for human health, animal health and the …

  • Article from 23.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.02.2023

    Non-biocidal alternatives as substituts for insecticides

    Non-biocidal alternatives as substituts for insecticides Insecticides should only be … need to be considered during the comparative assessment. These alternatives need to present a significantly lower overall risk for human health, animal health and the …

  • Article from 23.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.02.2023

    Non-biocidal alternatives as substitution options for rodenticide

    Non-biocidal alternatives as substitution options for rodenticide Rodenticides … to be considered during the comparative assessments. These alternatives need to present a significantly lower overall risk for human health, animal health and the …