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 277 - Potential effects of the introduction of a sugar beet variety resistant to glyphosate on agricultural practise and on the environment Publication BfN-Schriften • 2010 The EU Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (GMO) requires the assessment... more Skript277 (pdf, 611.3 KB)
BfN Schriften 239 - Immunogenicity of GM peas. Review of immune effects in mice fed on genetically modified peas and wider impacts for GM risk assessment Publication BfN-Schriften • 2008 This report reviews a scientific study by Prescott et al. (2005) which identified a higher immunogenic potential for a bean-derived alpha... more Skript239 (pdf, 1.3 MB)
Training materials on ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’ Page BfN’s International Academy for Nature Conservation and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) have released a set of... more
Genetic engineering Page The use of genetic engineering in farming and forestry poses risks for nature and nature conservation. Thus, under both EU and German law,... more
Monitoring Page In order to effectively counteract the loss of biological diversity, meaningful data on the status of changes in biodiversity is required.... 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
Measuring the quality and effectiveness of protected and conserved areas Publication Discussion paper • 2020 Workshop report of the expert meeting for the development of possible indicators and methods for reporting "Measuring the quality and... more Measuring the quality and effectiveness of protected and conserved areas (pdf, 635.38 KB)
Monitoring of genetically modified organisms Publication Policy Briefs • 2011 The monitoring of environmental effects is an important element of the regulatory framework for genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the... more Policy Brief GMO (pdf, 1.37 MB)
NaBiV Heft 118: Natura 2000 and Climate Chance - a Challenge Publication Series "Nature Conservation and Biodiversity" • 2012 Climate change will have strong effects on biological diversity worldwide. Shifts in the phenological behaviour and the patterns of... more Order
Advancing Guidance on Other Effective Area Based Conservation Measures Publication Discussion paper • 2016 Report of the second meeting of the IUCN-WCPA task force on Other Effective Areas Based Conservation Measures, 30 June – 4 July 2016 more Advancing Guidance on Other Effective Areas Based Conservation Measures (pdf, 701.74 KB)