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, Climate Action, Nature Conservation...
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...
BfN Schriften 321 - Putting Natural Solutions to Work: Mainstreaming Protected Areas in Climate Change Responses Publication BfN-Schriften • 2012 The following publication draws on presentations and discussions from a specialist workshop held on the Island of Vilm, Germany, 27-31... more
BfN Schriften 264 - Working with Nature to Tackle Climate Change. Report of the ENCA / BfN Workshop on “Developing ecosystem-based approaches to climate change – why, what and how” Publication BfN-Schriften • 2010 This report is based on the outcomes of a workshop which aimed to identify examples of how working with nature can help society to address... more
BfN Schriften 143 - Report on the Expert Meeting in Preparation of the First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas May 17 - 22, 2005 Publication BfN-Schriften • 2005 The expert meeting in preparation of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WG-PA1) of the... more
BfN Schriften 210 - Establishing an Alpine Ecological Network. Inaugural Meeting of the Platform "Ecological Network" under the Alpine Convention Publication BfN-Schriften • 2007 This report is reflecting the presentations and discussions during the first meeting of the Platform “Ecological Network” under the... more
BfN Schriften 121 - Report of the International Workshop “Capacity-Building for Biodiversity in Central and Eastern Europe” - Full workshop report including presentations of initiatives, case-studies and lessons learned Publication BfN-Schriften • 2004 The present workshop report marks the first step in a three-year project initiated by the BfN which aims to support capacity-building for... 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
BfN Schriften 110 - “Sustainable Tourism Development in European Protected Areas”: Networking Meeting of the European Charter Parks 15.-18.3.2003, Vilm, Germany Publication BfN-Schriften • 2004 The workshop focused on the development of the Charter and how to improve it as well as on a number of areas of interest to the parks -... more
BfN Schriften 273 - Implementing a Pan-Alpine Ecological Network. A Compilation of Major Approaches, Tools and Activities Publication BfN-Schriften • 2010 The publication provides suggestions and support for stakeholders from different fields of activity who work for the implementation of... more
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
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
