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Welcome to the English webpages of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN)

The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN) is the central scientific authority of the German federal government for both national and international nature conservation.

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Status report on German floodplains

Mulde

Floodplains are hotspots of biodiversity and central elements of an ecological network. They are also flood protection areas, greenery of waterways, and areas of agricultural as well as urban use. The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) funded a number of projects which aimed to raise an inventory of the remaining active floodplains at the larger rivers in Germany and their status.

 Abstract, Poster and Maps

Natura 2000, Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

Beech forest listed in Annex 1, Sandra Balzer

The protected areas network Natura 2000 is of enormous significance

for the protection of biodiversity across Europe. This brochure will

inform tourism, outdoor recreation and sport representatives about

the Natura 2000 concept and at the same time explain the many common

interests between use and conservation goals.  A Guideline for the application of the habitats directive and the birds directive

Protected Area Management - Effectiveness Assessments in Europe

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 A review of application, methods and results - BfN-Skripten 271a

 

 Supplementary report - BfN-Skripten 271b

 

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Nature Conservation in Organic Agriculture: A manual for arable organic farming in north-east Germany

Cover of the manual

The manual for arable organic farming in north-east Germany contains concrete recommendations for action for farmers, advisers and authorities based on the result and experience  gained in the "Nature Conservation Farm Brodowin" testing and development projekt.

 

 Manual for arable organic farming

Working with Nature to Tackle Climate Change

Report of the ENCA / BfN Workshop on “Developing ecosystem-based approaches to climate change – why, what and how”

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