Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Development
Economics and Finance
Environment
Governance
Habitat
Science and Technology
Social Development
Sustainable Development
Water
Financing for Development:
Addressing systemic issues
Public Administration:
Socio-Economic Governance and Management
Social Development:
Poverty
Statistics:
Environmental Accounts
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Capacity-building
Climate change
Disaster management and vulnerability
Finance
Forests
Freshwater
Information for decision-making and participation
Integrated decision-making
Land management
Science
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Ensure environmental sustainability
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1991 |
| Organizational structure: |
The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ consists of seven divisions focusing on environmental research and sustainable development.
The divisions are Social Science (with the Departments Economics, Environmental and Planning Law, Urban and Environmental Sociology, Environmental Politics), Environmental Health, Health Research, Environmental Research, Terrestrial Ecology, Water and Soil Science, Environmental System Computation and Monitoring.
The legal structure is a GmbH (limited liability company). |
| Number and type of members: |
The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ is not a membership organisation. |
| Funding structure: |
Foreign and international grants
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| Funding structure other: |
The Federal German Government (Federal Ministry of Education and Research), The Free State of Saxony, The State of Saxony-Anhalt |
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