Overview

• Klement Tockner argues Germany’s conservation effort falters because money is spent the wrong way rather than due to funding shortfalls.
• He estimates publicly funded environmentally harmful subsidies total about €67 billion each year.
• He says roughly €76 billion flows annually into nature conservation, with 94% used for cleanup such as waste management, wastewater treatment, and remediation.
• He urges policymakers to move resources into preventive measures instead of repeatedly paying to fix damage.
• The comments were given to dpa and reported by TAG24, the figures are presented as his assertions, and no immediate government response is cited; Senckenberg is based in Frankfurt with about 850 staff.