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  • Article from 11.04.2025 | Last changed: 11.04.2025

    Monitoring and assessment

    … Monitoring the North Sea and Baltic Sea Data on the status of the German marine areas in the North Sea and Baltic Sea are regularly collected as part of the Federal … procedures are currently being developed for other pressures such as noise pollution or the input of waste and other biological components such as food webs …

  • Article from 02.02.2022 | Last changed: 25.07.2025

    Maritime shipping

    Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg

    … still considerable potential to design and construct them in such a way that they pollute the environment less. Proposals need to be developed and implemented at all … Southern German Bight and in the Baltic Sea in the Kadettrinne. In these coastal areas, unique extensive ecosystems are to be found, e.g. the Wadden Sea and its … shipping are predominantly laid down in the Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). MARPOL comprises the original agreement, two …

  • Article from 31.03.2025 | Last changed: 10.04.2025

    Use and Impact

    Port view of Bremerhaven with container crane and container ship.

    … routes for global trade. Even during regular operations, maritime shipping releases pollutants such as nitrogen and sulphur into the sea and generates continuous … The oceans under pressure Intensive ocean use leaves its mark. One major issue is pollution caused by land-based sources. Large quantities of nutrients, pollutants … , which regulates where and how various activities can take place in marine areas. The intensive use and increasing pressures on the oceans require coordinated …

  • Article from 11.03.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Protecting the seas and oceans: how can it be done?

    On the picure you see the sunset about the sea

    … habitats, especially near the coast, are significantly affected by human use . Many pollutants and too many nutrients from municipalities, industry and agriculture end … been working for decades to determine the state of the seas and to reduce marine pollution and is also the competent authority for permitting and monitoring …

  • Article from 16.04.2012 | Last changed: 10.09.2013

    Water body structure

    … are aggregated into 6 main parameters, which can again be grouped into the three areas bed, banks, and land. Mapping of medium to large watercourses largely … are aggregated into 6 main parameters, which can again be grouped into the three areas bed, banks, and land. Mapping of medium to large watercourses largely …

  • Article from 20.07.2020 | Last changed: 20.07.2020

    Rivers

    … and figures) Rivers are subdivided into six river systems as well as the coastal areas of the North and Baltic Seas. The rivers are the  Rhine, Ems, Weser and Elbe, … with the European Water Framework Directive is classify the fluvial and coastal areas of Germany into the following river basin districts : Danube, Maas, Rhine, …

  • Article from 11.05.2012 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    Circulatory diseases

    … older people from Berlin. The evaluation showed that people living in noisy areas were more frequently receiving treatment for high blood pressure than those from relatively quiet areas. Thereby, people who were exposed to night time levels of 55 decibels (dB(A)) …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 04.10.2023

    Risk management in river basins

    … recommended be implemented in the Member States.  By 1999 accident-related water pollution in the Rhine river basin had declined by over 99% compared to the levels … international harmonised guides have been developed for various relevant functional areas, industries or specialised sectors of industry. A further area of focus for …

  • Article from 21.03.2022 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    Transport law

    Wortwolke

    … instruments. These instruments may be embedded in transport law as well as in other areas, for example in the environmental regulations governing the planning and … and shipping traffic on the world oceans is growing. As a result, the levels of pollution – of greenhouse gas emissions, for example – are also increasing. …

  • Article from 01.10.2012 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    Traffic noise

    … noise is a serious problem in Germany, where surveys show that traffic-noise pollution has declined only marginally over the past decade. A statistically … of the German population is exposed to a sufficiently high level of noise pollution for this factor to constitute a probable health risk. last update on …

  • Article from 13.11.2024 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    International soil governance

    … requirements to prevent or avoid future land degradation and to restore of degraded areas. Moreover, planning tools are required in order to achieve a zero net balance. … neutral word" for the topics - erosion, sealing by human settlement, and pollution by industry -, and recommends options for improvement. It also compiles …

  • Article from 09.10.2015 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil protection at international level

    desiccated soil

    … an additional 5-10 million hectares each year (for comparison, Austria has an area of 8.4 million hectares). Soil degradation across the world will therefore … an additional 5-10 million hectares each year (for comparison, Austria has an area of 8.4 million hectares). Soil degradation across the world will therefore …