About the National Centre for Environmental and Nature Conservation Information
The National Centre for Environmental and Nature Conservation Information is a branch office of the Federal Environment Agency in Merseburg. The centre is responsible for setting up and operating the web portal umwelt.info. Our portal will develop into the primary point of contact for data and information on the environment- and nature conservation in Germany.
Picture: The branch office of the Federal Environment Agency in Merseburg / Photo: Clara Baier, Federal Environment Agency Knowledge on the state of the environment is an important basis for sustainable development. This knowledge has to be easily accessible, freely available, valid and transparent. There are other actors besides the public sector and science that collect data on the state of nature and the environment. Nowadays, individuals, civil society or economic organisations also contribute to improve the availability of environmental knowledge. As a result, there is a very extensive, heterogeneous pool of environmentally relevant data and information. The European Commission has criticised this fragmentation of data in Germany.
Thus, the National Centre for Environmental and Nature Conservation Information was founded at the Federal Environment Agency. Our National Centre with its portal umwelt.info will make it easier to find and compare the nationwide pool of environmentally relevant data and information across all sectors and federal levels.
