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 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 524 - Vilm ABS Dialogue 2018 – Informing about Domestic Measures for Access to Genetic Resources: Final Report Publication BfN-Schriften • 2019 After entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol and the corresponding Regulation (EU) No. 511/2014, European users of genetic resources (GR)... more Skript 524
BfN-Schriften 515 - Second Meeting of the European Competent National Authorities Implementing the Nagoya Protocol and the Corresponding EU Regulation Final Report Publication BfN-Schriften • 2018 After the entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol and the corresponding Regulation (EU) No. 511/2014 (EU ABS Regulation), the Member States... more Skript 515
Maps and data Page For the conservation of nature with its flora, fauna and habitats, a well-founded basis of data is essential. Current data shows the status... more
BfN Schriften 163 - Access and Benefit-Sharing of Genetic Resources Ways and means for facilitating biodiversity research and conservation while safeguarding ABS provisions Publication BfN-Schriften • 2005 Facing this situation, the workshop aimed to identify ways and means for facilitating biodiversity research and conservation while... more
BfN Schriften 244 - An economic analysis of new instruments for Access and Benefit-Sharing under the CBD – Standardisation options for ABS transaction. Interim Report Publication BfN-Schriften • 2009 In the research project we intend to analyse whether model clauses are an appropriate instrument to reduce transaction costs, as well as... more
BfN Schriften 473 - First Meeting of the European Competent National Authorities Implementing the Nagoya Protocol and the Corresponding EU Regulation Final Report Publication BfN-Schriften • 2017 Against this background, the German CNA – a designated unit at the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für... more
BfN Schriften 127 - New Elements of the International Regime on Access and BenefitSharing of Genetic Resources - the Role of Certificates of Origin Publication BfN-Schriften • 2005 This study is concerned mainly with the design of an international ABS regime and specifically with the question which role certificates of... more
BfN-Schriften 706 - CITES Non-detriment Findings for Timber Publication BfN-Schriften • 2024 This Guidance describes a nine-step process enabling Scientific Authorities to make science-based NDFs for trees, using information with... more BfN-Schriften 706
BfN-Schriften 716 - CITES Non-detriment Findings Guidance for Perennial Plants Publication BfN-Schriften • 2025 This Guidance describes a nine-step process enabling Scientific Authorities to make science-based NDFs for perennial plants, using... more BfN-Schriften 716
