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Access to environmental information

Blick auf Bürgerinformation und Bibliothek im UBA-Gebäude Dessau-Roßlau

The Environmental Information Act (Umweltinformationsgesetz, UIG) sets the framework for free access to environmental information and regulates the active dissemination of information of this kind. The federal Act entered into force on 14 February 2005 and transposes the Environmental Information Directive 2003/4/EC into German law.The Länder (German states) have enacted their own laws on freedom... read more

The Umweltbundesamt

For our environment

The UBA’s motto, For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”), sums up our mission pretty well, we feel. In this video we give an insight into our work.

The UBA

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Wörlitzer Platz 1
06844 Dessau-Roßlau
Germany
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Unfortunately, we are currently not available by telephone.
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The visitors' room in Dessau-Roßlau is temporarily closed.