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...
Agriculture and forestry Page Agricultural and forestry have shaped the cultural landscape for centuries. With ongoing intensification, they pose a threat to an... more
Protected areas and habitats Page Many habitats have long been subject to increasing threat, not least due to intensification and increasing uniformity in agriculture. This... more
BfN Schriften 153 - Report of the International Workshop “Opportunities of EU Agricultural Policy Instruments for Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Rural Development in Protected Areas of the New Member States” Publication BfN-Schriften • 2005 The aim of the international workshop „Opportunities of EU Agricultural Policy Instruments for Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated... more
Nature Awareness Study 2013 Publication Leaflet • 2014 This 2013 Nature Awareness Study is based on a representative population survey on how the Germans view nature and biological diversity. ... more Nature Awarness Study 2013 (pdf, 3.84 MB)
BfN Schriften 343 - Possible correlation of the worldwide amphibian decline and the increasing use of glyphosate in the agrarian industry Publication BfN-Schriften • 2013 In this context, we ask which impact had, already has or will have the on-going change from conventional farming to agriculture with... more
Nature Awareness Study 2015 Publication Leaflet • 2016 The ‘2015 Nature Awareness Study’ is a representative population survey on how the German people view nature and biodiversity. The... more Nature Awareness Study 2015 (pdf, 5.74 MB)
BfN Schriften 100 - Study on the Impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on Protected Areas in chosen EUAcceding Countries: Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia Publication BfN-Schriften • 2004 The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation has commissioned this study to IUCN as part of getting a better knowledge of the effects... more
BfN Schriften 277 - Potential effects of the introduction of a sugar beet variety resistant to glyphosate on agricultural practise and on the environment Publication BfN-Schriften • 2010 The EU Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (GMO) requires the assessment... more
The Nagoya Protocol Page The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the... more
BfN-Schriften 725 - Economic incentives that affect Biodiversity. Contributions from an International expert workshop Publication BfN-Schriften • 2025 From 13.-16.06.2023, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) hosted the international expert workshop "Economic Incentives... more BfN-Schriften 725
