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BGR Report 2020 – Where Germany’s ground is in motion – now online!

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With the addition of the Ground Motion Service Germany (BodenBewegungsdienst Deutschland BBD) to its digital information offer, BGR delivers an important service to the general public after complex validation procedures, extensive satellite surveys are made publicly accessible via a user-friendly web application. This makes quantifiable geogenic and anthropogenic motion of the earth’s surface visible throughout Germany. A useful and helpful service in view of the motion processes that are transmitted from the underlying geology to the surface of the earth – with various consequences such as uplift and subsidence, or landslides. BBD supplements conventional, terrestrial-based monitoring techniques with observations from space. The cover story of the BGR Report,Where Germany’s ground is in motion – now online! describes the complex technology behind the BBD (pages 24–27).

BGR’s Deutsche Rohstoffagentur (DERA – German Mineral Resources Agency) has been advising companies on issues relating to the availability and sustainable use of mineral raw materials, as well as on current market developments, for 10 years. In a recent study, DERA delivered a comprehensive insight into China‘s raw materials industry, the most important actor on the international commodities markets. Read how it was possible to take a look behind the scenes of the world‘s largest producer and consumer of raw materials beginning on page 10. BGR conducts important research in the quest for a safe final disposal of high radioactive waste. The issue of a final disposal, which is an extremely sensitive topic in our society, places special demands on this research and requires a high level of transparency and quality assurance. Read how BGR ensures the highest quality standards in research and the long-term verifiability of its results, among other things, beginning on page 32.

For 60 years – longer than any other German institution – BGR has been involved in technical cooperation with Jordan. Priorities have shifted considerably during this period. Today, BGR supports Jordan, which is one of the most arid countries in the world, on issues such as groundwater management and protection. The challenges facing Jordan here are discussed in the article beginning on page 34.

We have described how BGR is preparing for pressing future responsibilities in the geosector in the coming years in the new BGR 2025+ action strategy, which we would also like to present to you in this report (pages 6–9).

I hope you have an enjoyable read!

Prof. Dr. Ralph Watzel,
President of the Federal Institute for
Geosciences and Natural Resources
BGR

The BGR Report is free of charge and can be obtained from: Vertrieb@bgr.de

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