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Four pillars of UV protection

Four pillars of UV protection: The Federal Office for Radiation Protection explains how UV protection is becoming even more common practice in municipalities, schools and sports grounds. Climate change is already having a noticeable influence on UV radiation and thus on people's UV exposure. For ex

What do local politicians do?

Laws for Germany are passed in the Bundestag. Local politicians primarily manage the money of their municipality. For example, they can decide whether a new playground should be built in the municipality or how many buses should run. Source: https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/kommunalpolitike

Namibia's national parks

Just under 20% of Namibia's area is made up of state national parks. Now, almost 90 municipal nature reserves have been added. Together with private reserves, a total of about 40 percent of the country is protected. Author: ZDF/Terra X/R.Marel/C.Gerisch/SpiegelTV/Jochen Schmidt Translation and dub

Who owns the German forest?

Around one third of Germany is covered by forest. Nearly half of the forest area is private forest. 29% are owned by the states. About 19% are owned by cities and municipalities. The federal government owns about 4%. Author: 3sat/nano/Axel Gomille/Michael Habermehl/Sebastian Heger/Sophie Lochau/Ut