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
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consulting institution for the
German federal government
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.
The headquarters of the agency is located in
Hanover
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and there is a branch in
Berlin
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. 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.
External links
Official BGR webpage
References
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Research institutes in Germany
Earth science research institutes