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...
Research programme Page Forthe strategicmanagement of its research activities, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) has a medium-term research... more
Germany’s Blue Belt Programme Page Germany’s waterways are to be restored to near-natural status. That is the aim of the Federal Government’s Blue Belt Programme (Blaues... more
National Species Recovery Programme Page The National Species Recovery Programme (nAHP) is intended to support projects that serve to permanently protect species and their habitats... more
Federal Biological Diversity Programme Page Biodiversity loss has been progressing on a dramatic scale worldwide for many years. As species, genes and habitats disappear, nature is... more
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Page As part of the BMUKN Advisory Assistance Programme, and also under other BMUKN funding programmes, BfN oversees nature conservation... more
Departmental research plan Page The research needs of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) are documented in an annual... more
Application Page The application period for the 2026–2027 cycle of the Klaus Toepfer Fellowship Programme is now open! Early-career conservation... 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
BfN Schriften 66 - Eastern European White Stork Populations: Migration Studies and Elaboration of Conservation Measures Publication BfN-Schriften • 2002 In 1990 we in Europe were able for the first time to employ a new, highly promising method:satellite t acking. It allowed us to investigate... more
International cooperation Page Nature does not recognise political borders. This applies to the distribution of plants and animals, and to many of the challenges faced in... more
