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...
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
Germany Page Put together by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), this compilation on nature conservation law provides external links to... more
BfN Schriften 356 - A review of wolf management in Poland and Germany with recommendations for future transboundary collaboration Publication BfN-Schriften • 2013 The mandate to compile a “Review of wolf management in Poland and Germany with recommendation for future transboundary cooperation” was... more
BfN Schriften 311 - Forest Protection and Sustainable Forest Management in Germany and the P.R. China – A Comparative Assessment – Publication BfN-Schriften • 2012 The report at hand aims to compare the forest sectors of the Federal Republic of Germany and the People’s Republic of China – two... more
BfN Schriften 490 - Analysis and prioritisation of pathways of unintentional introduction and spread of invasive alien species in Germany in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 Publication BfN-Schriften • 2018 According to Article 13 para 1 of the EU Regulation, each of the Member States has to provide for its territory an analysis and... more
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services into Urban Policy in China and Germany (2nd edition) Publication Leaflet • 2021 Cities represent a socio-ecological system in which the highest density of human population coincides with a mosaic of various types of... more
BfN Schrift 76 - Applying the Ecosystem Approach in High-Mountain Ecosystems in Germany: Experiences with the Alpine Convention Publication BfN-Schriften • 2003 The Alpine Convention consists of a frame and thematic protocols. The frame defines the aims of the convention and the formalities of... more
BfN Schriften 126 - Users of Genetic Resources in Germany: Awareness, Participation and Positions regarding the Convention on Biological Diversity Publication BfN-Schriften • 2005 Since the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity of the United Nations (CBD), the development and the implementation of... more
BfN Schriften 411 - Development of National Indicators for Ecosystem Services Recommendations for Germany Publication BfN-Schriften • 2015 This paper is intended as a technical basis for further discussion on the implementation of Target 2, Action 5 at the national and European... more
BfN Schriften 51 - Sustainable Forest Management in Germany: The Ecosystem Approach of the Biodiversity Convention reconsidered. Results of the R+D–Project 800 83 001 Publication BfN-Schriften • 2001 In past years, the recognition has increasingly prevailed that biological diversity in its different varieties can be successfully... more
