CITES Signed in 1973 and also known as the Washington Convention, the Convention on International Trade...
Natura 2000 To counter the ongoing decline of species in the wild and in natural habitats in the EU and to...
Federal Biological Diversity Programme Biodiversity loss has been progressing on a dramatic scale worldwide for many years. As species,...
International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm The International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm (INA) welcomes around 1,700...
Departmental research plan The research needs of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear...
Federal Biological Diversity Programme Biodiversity loss has been progressing on a dramatic scale worldwide for many years. As species,...
Germany’s Blue Belt Programme Germany’s waterways are to be restored to near-natural status. That is the aim of the Federal...
International Put together by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), this compilation on nature...
CITES Signed in 1973 and also known as the Washington Convention, the Convention on International Trade...
Natura 2000 To counter the ongoing decline of species in the wild and in natural habitats in the EU and to...
Our tasks Our responsibilities are laid down in the Act Establishing a Federal Agency for Nature Conservation...
International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm The International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm (INA) welcomes around 1,700...
Overview of project funding Page The BfN funds projects by initiatives, associations, scientific institutions and other stakeholders that serve nature conservation and... more
Federal Nature Conservation Fund Page For the current legislative period, the new federal government has decided to expand and bundle project funding for nature conservation and... more
Testing and development projects Page Testing and development (T&D) projects are used to test promising nature conservation ideas and approaches and translate research results... more
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Page As part of the BMUV Advisory Assistance Programme, and also under other BMUV funding programmes, BfN oversees nature conservation projects... more
Our tasks Page Our responsibilities are laid down in the Act Establishing a Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfNG): BfN performs tasks in the... more
BfN Schriften 50 - Financial Instruments for Nature Conservation in Central and Eastern Europe Publication BfN-Schriften • 2001 The seminar "Financial Instruments for Nature Conservation in CEE", jointly organised by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation... more Skript50 (pdf, 1.01 MB)
Promoting associations and organisations Page Environment protection and nature conservation policy relies on associations and organisations as partners. These inform and raise... more
Large-scale nature conservation projects Page The “chance.natur” programme promotes projects in areas considered of great national and international nature conservation value and as... more
Strengthening synergies for biodiversity and climate Publication Discussion paper • 2023 Biodiversity loss and climate change must be addressed together through synergetic approaches that jointly tackle the root causes and... more Strengthening synergies for biodiversity and climate (pdf, 3.16 MB)
BfN Schriften 260 - Communicating values and benefits of protected areas in Europe Publication BfN-Schriften • 2009 The 2007 Europarc Federation strategy included a section on “benefits and values of protected areas”. To further develop this topic the... more Skript260 (pdf, 2.88 MB)