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International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm The International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm (INA) welcomes around 1,700...
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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...
BfN Schriften 77 - Report of the International Workshop for CEE Countries. “Tourism in Mountain Areas and the Convention on Biological Diversity" Publication BfN-Schriften • 2003 In the year 2002, the International Year of Ecotourism and International Year of Mountains, October 1st- 5th, 29 participants from 9... more Skript77 (pdf, 910.69 KB)
BfN Schriften 58 - Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity on the ground - the example of biosphere reserves Publication BfN-Schriften • 2002 The Convention on Biological Diversity signed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 and recognized today... more Skript58 (pdf, 501.52 KB)
BfN Schriften 70 - Biodiversity and Tourism in the Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Case of the natural and cultural heritage of Banska Stiavnica, Slovak Republic Publication BfN-Schriften • 2002 In May 2000, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) accepted “the invitation to participate in... more Skript70 (pdf, 3.04 MB)
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 Skript126 (pdf, 601.92 KB)
BfN Schriften 47 - Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity. Analysis of the Links to Intellectual Property and the International System for the Protection of Intellectual Property Publication BfN-Schriften • 2001 The overview is based on the assumption that the Convention links biological diversity, genetic resources, knowledge and technology and at... more Skript47 (pdf, 518.13 KB)
BfN Schriften 79 - Deep Sea Genetic Resources in the Context of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Publication BfN-Schriften • 2003 It is only in the last few decades that the importance of the enormous area of open ocean beyond the 200 mile limit has been recognised,... more Skript79 (pdf, 949.45 KB)
BfN Schriften 60 - Biodiversity and Tourism in the Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity: The Case of the Tayrona National Park, Colombia Publication BfN-Schriften • 2002 This document is the result of a workshop with experts and participants from different institutions to analyse the development of tourism... more Skript60 (pdf, 959.98 KB)
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 Skript51 (pdf, 712.83 KB)
Nature Awareness Page The public surveys on Nature Awareness are a study series conducted in a two year cycle by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature... more
NaBiV Heft 101: Impact mitigration and biodiversity offsets - Compensation approaches from around the world Publication Series "Nature Conservation and Biodiversity" • 2011 Through the ratification of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), member countries have made a commitment to support the... more Order