… WW-R-1: Water use index Extended drought periods can lead to local and temporary water shortages. … metres of groundwater and surface water were considered potentially available water resources; by comparison, the mean of the period 1991–2020 with roughly 176 billion … in particular, for central parts of eastern Germany, the north-eastern German lowlands and the south-eastern German basin where unfavourable climatic water budgets …

… Climate | Energy, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters, Soil | Land Data on the Environment 2011 The State of the Environment and Agriculture in Germany 2011 edition Man has used land for agriculture for thousands of years. Now as before far more than one …

… Chemicals, Agriculture, Soil | Land Biocides The intended use of biocides is to kill, to destroy or to deter living …

… Waste | Resources Looking to the future Trend report for a forward-looking resource policy The world is in a process of constant change and development. Not …

… BO-R-2: Permanent grassland terrain Permanent grassland reduces soil loss risk and absorbs heavy rainfall … conservation of permanent grassland is intended to protect soils under agricultural use from the adverse effects of climate change. Between 1991 and 2013 grassland … or even expansion of permanent grassland, especially on sensitive sloping ground used for agricultural purposes or in floodplains, constitutes a suitable measure for …

… Targets for a sustainable resource use: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Marina Fischer-Kowalski Source: Ecologic …

… Paludiculture: More climate action with rewetted peatlands Government should provide financial support to farmers practicing voluntary … all its GHG emissions. “We can only achieve our climate targets if we repurpose the use of our peatlands. We must make much more widespread use of paludiculture, which … of Germany’s peatlands have been drained, of which nearly three quarters are used for agriculture (farmland or pasture). Although they make up only 7 percent of …

… BD-R-1: Consideration of climate change in landscape programmes Climate change and its consequences play increasingly important … (own analysis) Climate change impacts increasingly considered in landscape planning Land use has a major influence on biodiversity, which makes it one of the core starting …

… Indicator: Landscape dissection Undissected low-traffic areas with a minimum size of 100 km² as … last update on 04.11.2025 At a glance The data on undissected low-traffic areas are used to describe the fragmentation of the landscape by transport routes. In 2015 …