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...
BfN Schriften 511 - Nature-based solutions for flood risk prevention in South-Eastern Europe Publication BfN-Schriften • 2018 Flood risk on the Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe ranks among the most significant natural hazards and is becoming even more... more Skript511 (pdf, 3.99 MB)
Challenges of Marine Nature Conservation Publication Viewpoint • 2017 The increasingly intensive use of our seas makes protecting the marine environment more and more important. This applies just as much in... more Viewpoint Challenges of Marine Nature Conservation (pdf, 2.83 MB)
Active for Marine Nature Conservation Publication Leaflet • 2016 A number of international accords and agreements regarding the protection of the seas have been agreed upon during the pastdecades. G... more Active for Marine Nature Conservation (pdf, 8.98 MB)
Noise mitigation for the construction of increasingly large offshore wind turbines Publication Discussion paper • 2020 Offshore wind energy is expected to make an important contribution in the context of transition to carbon-free energy generation. In the... more Noise mitigation for the construction of increasingly large offshore wind turbines (pdf, 3.31 MB)
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)
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
Biodiversity Page Biological diversity (biodiversity) is the collective term for the diversity of species, genetic traits within species and diversity in... more
BfN Schriften 525 - Expert Meeting on Ecosystem Valuation in the Context of Natural Capital Accounting Publication BfN-Schriften • 2019 Human well-being depends on manifold values and services of nature. There is nothing new about this insight. But much remains to be done to... more Skript525 (pdf, 5.59 MB)
Progress in Marine Conservation 2023: How to stop biodiversity loss – from knowledge to action Event Conference • Workshop OZEANEUM Stralsund • Date, time18.09.2023 (Mon) 17:00 – 22.09.2023 (Fri) 13:15 6th Conference "Progress in Marine Conservation" in cooperation with the OZEANEUM / German Oceanographic Museum Stralsund, offering a forum... more
International Single Species Action Plan for the Asiatic Wild Ass Event Workshop International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm • Date, time26.06.2023 (Mon) 17:00 – 01.07.2023 (Sat) 09:00 In the frame of the cooperation between BfN and CMS, an expert workshop will be organized to develop a Single Species Action Plan for the... more