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...
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
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)
BfN Schriften 407 - MoorFutures® Integration of additional ecosystem services (including biodiversity) into carbon credits – standard, methodology and transferability to other regions Publication BfN-Schriften • 2015 This report provides a detailed description of the criteria and methods used to quantify the multiple ecosystem services bundled in... more Skript407 (pdf, 3.44 MB)
Formal issues Page Consideration has to be given to various formal matters with regard to the enforcement of nature conservation law. These include the... more
The economy Page Economic aspects also play an important role in nature conservation. Work in nature conservation economics analyses the relationships... more
Bonn Page BfN is based in Bonn. There is also a BfN site on the Isle of Vilm and another in Leipzig. more
Overview of project funding Page The BfN funds projects by initiatives, associations, scientific institutions and other stakeholders that serve nature conservation and... more
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Page As part of the BMUV Advisory Assistance Programme, and also under other BMUV funding programmes, BfN oversees nature conservation projects... more
Wetland conservation under the Ramsar Convention Page Wetlands are some of the most diverse and also most threatened ecosystems on Earth. Lakes and rivers, peatlands and marshes, coral reefs... more