Environmental Report 2000 of the German Council of Environmental Advisors “Beginning the Next Millenium” - Summary - February 2000 1 The German Council of Environmental Advisors (Environmental Council) Council members (February 2000): Prof. Dr. jur. Eckard Rehbinder, Frankfurt (Chairman) Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Herbert Sukopp, Berlin (Deputy Chairman) Prof. Dr. med. Heidrun Behrendt, München Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Hans-Jürgen Ewers, Berlin Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Reinhard Franz Hüttl, Cottbus Prof. Dr. phil. Martin Jänicke, Berlin Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eberhard Plaßmann, Köln Scientific staff during the time this report was being prepared: DirProf Dr. rer. nat. Hubert Wiggering (Secretary-General), Dipl.-Volksw. Lutz Eichler (Deputy Secretary-General), Dipl.-Geogr. Oliver Bens (Cottbus), Dipl.-Biol. Jörg-Andreas Böttge (Berlin), Dr. rer. nat. Britt Damme, Dr. rer. nat. Helga Dieffenbach-Fries, Dipl.-Geoökologe Michael Hahn, Dipl.- Volksw. Annette Jochem, Dipl.-Pol. Helge Jörgens (Berlin), Dr. rer. nat. László Kacsóh, Dr. rer. nat. Christa Lemmen (München), Dipl.-Volksw. Bettina Mankel (Berlin), Dr. rer. pol. Armin Sandhövel, Ass. jur. Michael Schmalholz, RA Christoph Schmihing (Frankfurt). Administrative and support staff during the time this report was being prepared: Dipl.-Sek. Klara Bastian, Dipl.-Bibl. Ursula Belusa, Jörg Faber, Annelie Gottlieb, Sabine Krestan, Martina Lilla, M.A., Bettina Muntetschiniger, Petra Schäfer, Dipl.-Verwaltungsw. Jutta Schindehütte, Dagmar Schlinke, Gabriele Stellmacher. This report went to press on February 2000. Postal address: Geschäftsstelle des Rates von Sachverständigen für Umweltfragen, Postfach 5528, 65180 Wiesbaden, Germany; tel.: +49/611/754210; fax: +49/611/731269; e-mail:
[email protected]; internet: http://www.umweltrat.de. (Translation: Paul Kramer, Ph.D.) 2 Foreword On 10 March 2000, the German Council of Environmental Advisors published its environmental report for 2000 under the title “steps into the new millennium”.