Repository details

umwelt.info

Name of repository
umwelt.info
Additional name(s)
  • umwelt.info - The portal for environmental and nature conservation information
  • umwelt.info - Die Suchmaschine für Umwelt- & Naturschutz-Wissen
Repository URL
https://umwelt.info/en
Subject(s)
Description
Environmental related data and information are an important foundation for a sustainable development and need to be free, accessible, valid and transparent. The National Centre for Environmental and Nature conservation information at the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA) concentrates openly accessible data and information about the environment and nature conservation in its portal https://umwelt.info. We cooperate with data providers, identify relevant sources, reference their metadata and create target group specific editorials and tools. We want to counteract against the fragmented environmental data and information landscape in Germany. Our goal is to create one central, digital access point to all openly accessible data and information about the environment and nature conservation in Germany. We index this knowledge based on its metadata. We collect data and information from state agencies, science, business, and civil society. You can access our website here: https://umwelt.info/en. We provide our dataset via a RESTful API at https://md.umwelt.info/swagger-ui/#/ and an CKAN endpoint at https://md.umwelt.info/ckan
Contact(s)
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
approx. 1.300.000 items
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
  • governmental
Mission statement for designated community
https://umwelt.info/en/article/about-umwelt-info
Research data repository language(s)
  • German
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • serviceProvider

Dates

Started
2025-01-27

Institutions (2)

Institution name
German Environment Agency
Additional name(s)
  • Umweltbundesamt
  • UBA
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2019-09-01
Institution name
National Centre for Environmental and Nature Conservation Information
Additional name(s)
  • Nationales Zentrum für Umwelt-und Naturschutzinformationen
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2019-09-01

Funding (1)

Funder name
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
CrossrefFunderID
501100006360

Policies (1)

Policy name
Copyright and labelling law

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Database licenses (1)

Database license
other

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (1)

Data license
other

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
About the Data Integration
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • other
Versioning
no
Data citation guideline
https://umwelt.info/en/legal-notice
Enhanced publication
no
Quality management
yes
Quality measure(s)
Metric(s)
  • Usage statistics

Application programming interfaces (2)

Type
REST
Url
https://md.umwelt.info/swagger-ui/
Documentation
https://umwelt.info/en/article/about-the-metadataexport
Type
REST
Url
https://md.umwelt.info/ckan/api/3/action/package_search?q=%2A
Documentation
https://umwelt.info/en/article/about-the-metadataexport

Metadata standards (2)

Metadata standard
DCAT-AP
Metadata standard
Repository-Developed Metadata Schemas

Remarks

Entry date
2026-03-02
Last update
2026-03-10
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re3data.org: umwelt.info; editing status 2026-03-10; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R31NJNX0 last accessed: 2026-04-17