Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
Agency overview
Headquarters Hanover, Germany
Employees 795 in 2013
Website www.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.

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  1. "BGR Homepage". BGR. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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