Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
Agency overview
HeadquartersHanover, Germany
Employees795 in 2013
Websitewww.bgr.bund.de

The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, or BGR) is a German agency within the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. It acts as a central geoscience consulting institution for the German federal government.[1] The headquarters of the agency is located in Hanover and there is a branch in Berlin. Early 2013, the BGR employed a total of 795 employees. The BGR, the State Authority for Mining, Energy and Geology and the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics form the Geozentrum Hanover. All three institutions have a common management and infrastructure, and complement each other through their interdisciplinary expertise.

BGR is also active as a research institute and works on topics related to the geology of continental, marine and energy resources as well as soil science, polar research and geodata management.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "BGR Homepage". BGR. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Neues Forschungszentrum zu Bergbaufolgelandschaften entsteht - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
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