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Climate and the Environment

The environment is everything that surrounds human beings and has an effect on us. How can we protect nature as well as plant and animal species, and not least the climate?

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There are 71 services for Climate and the Environment

Adapting geodata and metadata for geodata services in the field of water networks

If you have noticed changes to a body of water or a section of water, you can enter the associated geodata and metadata with the NLWKN. Missing information can be found online...
Agri-Environmental Measures (AUM) Funding

Through the promotion of certain agri-environmental measures provide additional incentives for the conservation of the cultural landscape and natural resources (including...
Apply for a certificate of competency to perform fumigation

If you need a certificate of competency for fumigation activities, you can apply for it from the competent authority.
Apply for a mudflat driver's permit for the first time

If you would like to carry out guided tours on mudflats in the Wadden Sea in Lower Saxony, you need a permit.
Apply for authorisation to discharge wastewater into public wastewater treatment plants with an early start

If you want to discharge commercial-industrial wastewater into a public sewer or sewer system, you usually need a permit. Until the permit is granted, the authority may allow...
apply for the inclusion of a body of water or section of water in the list of regularly dry waters

Do you want to display a body of water or section of water that regularly carries water for less than six months a year? In this case, you can have it entered in the register of...
Applying for a partial permit for the construction and operation of a plant

If you wish to construct and/or operate part of a new facility, you must apply for a partial permit from the competent authority.
Applying for a permit for a substantial modification of an installation requiring approval

If you intend to make significant changes to an installation that requires a permit, you must apply for a permit from the competent authority.
Applying for a permit to modify a plant for the production of electricity from renewable energy sources (repowering)

If you intend to make changes (repowering) to a plant that requires a permit and which generates electricity from renewable energies, you can apply to the competent authority...
Applying for a preliminary ruling on an installation requiring approval

If you apply for a preliminary decision on an installation requiring a permit, the competent authority may grant it under certain conditions.
Applying for an exemption from the permit requirement for the discharge of wastewater into public wastewater treatment plants

If you want to discharge wastewater into a private wastewater plant, you can be exempted from the permit requirement under certain conditions.
Applying for approval in the simplified procedure for a plant according to the Federal Immission Control Act

Are you applying for a permit for installations under the simplified procedure? Then you can obtain a permit from the competent authority to construct and operate installations...
Applying for authorisation for the early construction of a plant requiring a permit

Have you applied for a permit for a plant requiring a permit? Then you can also apply to start the construction of the plant early.
Applying for authorisation to discharge wastewater into private wastewater treatment plants with early start

If you want to discharge commercial-industrial wastewater into a private sewer or sewer system, you will usually need a permit. Until the permit is granted, the authority may...
Applying for compensation for damage to radiation-contaminated game

If the game you have hunted is radioactively contaminated with more than 600 becquerels of caesium per kilogram, you can apply for compensation for damages.
Applying for permission to perform fumigations

If you want to carry out fumigation, you will need a permit, which you must apply for from the competent authority.
Applying for recognition of a course of expertise for biocidal products

If you want to offer a course for the expert use of biocidal products, you must have the course recognised by the competent authority in advance.
Avian influenza

Avian influenza is an animal disease that can occur in poultry, especially chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, but also in other poultry as well as swans and other wild birds. The...
Avoidance, recycling and disposal of waste Consulting

The competent authority shall: Advice on environmentally sound disposal and avoidance of unnecessary waste.
Basic services

The Basic Services measure ensures basic services for the rural population and contributes to maintaining and improving the quality of life in rural areas. The measure is...
Basic services Promotion

The basic services measure ensures the basic supply of the rural population and contributes to maintaining and improving the quality of life in rural areas. The measure is...
Bathing water quality

Bathing water is any section of surface water for which the competent authority anticipates a large number of bathers and for which it has not issued a permanent ban on bathing...
Bathing water quality monitoring

Bathing water is any section of surface water where the competent authority expects a large number of bathers and for which it has not issued a permanent bathing ban or does not...
Biowaste disposal

Bio-waste accounts for a large part of the waste generated from private households. Extensive biowaste collection can contribute significantly to reducing the amount of residual...
Bulky waste disposal by collection

The collection of bulky waste can be carried out by fixed collection dates or collection on request.
Bulky waste disposal by personal delivery

You can hand in bulky waste in person at the reception facilities.
Calculating and setting water abstraction charges

Do you take water from an above-ground body of water or groundwater, or do you extract or discharge groundwater or drain groundwater? In this case, a fee must be paid to the...
Common organisation of the markets in fruit and vegetables (CMO) Promotion

At the beginning of these support measures, there are in principle at least 15 fruit or vegetable producers joining forces. If this group fulfils certain conditions, a producer...
Common organisations of the market in fruit and vegetables (CMOs)

Fruit and vegetable producers form producer organisations (POs) with the aim of demand-driven production, bundling supply, joint marketing and optimising production costs.
Conservation and development of habitats and species

The measure "Conservation and development of habitats and species" created an instrument to safeguard the European Natura 2000 system of protected areas.
Conservation and development of habitats and species Funding

The "Conservation and Development of Habitats and Species" measure created an instrument to safeguard the European Natura 2000 system of protected areas. In particular, support...
Cultural Monument: Research/Excavation - Permit

Excavations for cultural monuments, salvage of cultural monuments from bodies of water and earthworks at a place where cultural monuments are suspected in the ground require the...
Display an installation that requires approval for the first time due to a change in the law

If you have built or operate a plant and this plant requires approval for the first time due to a change in the law, you must notify the competent authority of this in due time.
Display of drinking water systems and domestic wells

As the operator of a water supply system or non-drinking water system, you are obliged to report it.
Domestic slaughter

If you want to slaughter pets or ungulates yourself at home, you must register this with the competent authority. Home slaughter is the slaughter of animals outside a commercial...
E-waste
E-waste disposal

The waste disposal of private households and thus also the disposal of electronic waste from private households is the responsibility of the districts and independent cities as...
Educational project "Creating transparency - from the shop counter to the producer" Funding

The aim of the "Creating Transparency" measure is to enable and support farmers and companies in the food sector to establish contacts, to get to know consumer expectations and...
Educational project "Creating transparency — from the shop counter to the producer"

The aim of the measure "Creating transparency" is to enable and support farmers and businesses in the food industry to make contacts, to get to know consumer expectations and to...
European Innovation Partnership "Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability" (EIP-Agri) Funding

The European Innovation Partnership "Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability" (EIP Agri) supports the implementation of innovative projects in agriculture (personnel...
Extend existing mudflat driver permit

If the period of validity of your permit for guided tours on mudflats in the Wadden Sea in Lower Saxony ends and you would like to continue to carry out mudflat tours in the...
Extend existing mudflat guide permit

If, as an approved mudflat guide, you would like to carry out mudflat tours in additional areas or routes, you will need an extension of your existing permit.
Garden waste disposal

Garden waste can either be disposed of in the organic waste bin or delivered directly to the nearest collection point for garden waste. In addition, it is also possible to...
Household waste disposal

There are various disposal options for household waste, such as: blue paper bin Organic waste bin grey residual waste bin yellow bin for packaging material/recycling bin...
Inland flood protection

With the help of flood protection systems and flood plains, flood protection is ensured inland.
Inland flood protection Funding

With the promotion of flood protection systems and flood plains, flood protection is guaranteed inland. This support measure serves in particular to protect agricultural areas,...
Lake development

Lake development aims to improve the quality of waters, to improve or maintain the ecological status or potential of waters, to strengthen the sustainable development of rural...
Marketing of agricultural products and foodstuffs with specific quality characteristics

Due to the change in consumer awareness, quality-relevant characteristics of agricultural products and their production methods play an important role in the sale of...
Measures in transitional and coastal waters

Measures in transitional and coastal waters serve to restore good ecological status in the area of transitional and coastal waters. The aim is to improve water quality.
Measures in transitional and coastal waters Funding

Coastal areas of the North Sea and also the estuaries of the rivers, which are characterized by salt water, are often polluted by hydraulic engineering measures and material...
Modification of a plant requiring approval according to BImSchG Approval for accident-relevant modification

Do you intend to make accident-related changes to a system that requires approval? If so, you may need to apply for a permit from the competent authority beforehand.
Nature conservation

The aim of nature conservation is to preserve nature and landscape on the basis of their own value and as the basis of human life. Since it is becoming increasingly clear that...
Processing and marketing of agricultural products in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and in the State of Lower Saxony Promotion

The support will adapt the processing and marketing of agricultural products to market requirements. Companies and producer groups can benefit from the support if they invest in...
Processing and marketing of agricultural products in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and Lower Saxony

In order to create optimal marketing conditions for agricultural producers, competitive, efficient marketing and processing companies are necessary. By improving the...
Promoting lake development

The lake development funding measure supports projects that serve the rehabilitation and restoration of lakes (standing waters) within the meaning of the EC Water Framework...
Promoting river development

Streams and rivers are important components of ecosystems and valuable habitats for animals and plants. The river development funding measure supports projects that serve to...
Promotion of agricultural products and foodstuffs with specific quality characteristics

The aim of the funding measure is to contribute to the promotion of sales by supporting communication projects and thus to strengthen economic activity in the agricultural...
Protection of animals

Animal welfare means the individual protection of each animal, regardless of whether it is wild or cared for in human care. It is about animal welfare, the protection of animals...
River development

Streams and rivers are important components of ecosystems and valuable habitats for animals and plants. The maintenance of these waters includes care and development.
Setting a waste fee

Homeowners and property owners receive fee notices from the competent authority about the garbage fees they have to pay. The fee scale is intended to create effective...
Show Fumigation

If you wish to carry out a fumigation activity, you must notify the competent authority.
Slaughter: Implementation - official ante-mortem inspection

If you slaughter animals whose meat is intended for human consumption, you must have the animals officially inspected before and after slaughter. This concerns: Cattle Pigs ...
Special species and habitat protection

The "Special Protection of Species and Habitats" measure supports investment, non-productive projects that contribute to the preservation and improvement of biological...
Special species and habitat protection

Habitat protection refers to measures that serve to preserve or restore habitats of plant or animal communities (biocenosis). Biotope protection is also intended to contribute...
Sprout production Approval

The production of sprouts generally requires official approval. Approval shall be granted on application only after at least one official on-the-spot check. It may be granted...
Tree felling permit Granting

The tree felling permit is issued by the competent authority. This also clarifies what needs to be considered when felling trees.
Waste

Waste (or garbage) refers to unneeded remains in the solid state, which includes liquids and gases in containers. Waste can be divided into several groups: Biowaste Garden...
Waste paper: disposal

Every household produces waste paper, for example in the form of newspapers and magazines, but also packaging.
Water protection consulting

Water protection advice makes an important contribution to drinking water protection. Information and advisory services for actors from agriculture, forestry and production...
Water Protection Consulting Funding

Water protection advice makes an important contribution to drinking water protection. Information and advisory services for actors from agriculture, forestry and production...
Winter service

Within the scope of its performance, the winter service must ensure that the roads and pavements continue to be safely passable or walkable in the event of slippery ice and snow...

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