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...
Conservation, restoration and assessment of ecosystems and their services Page Intact ecosystems and ecosystem services are vital in ensuring human wellbeing, including for future generations. This is why BfN promotes... more
BfN Schriften 341 - Report of the International Expert Workshop connecting diverse Knowledge Systems in the context of IPBES Publication BfN-Schriften • 2013 The aim of the workshop is to give the opportunity to discuss how diverse knowledge systems can be connected in the context of the... more
Sustaining Natural Systems for Future Generations Publication Leaflet • 2016 Action for global nature conservation takes on various forms at the BfN. The BfN initiates and supports a broad range of bilateral and... more Sustaining Natural Systems for Future Generations (pdf, 1.83 MB)
BfN Schriften 237 - Ecosystem Services of Natural and Semi-Natural Ecosystems and Ecologically Sound Land Use Publication BfN-Schriften • 2008 At the workshop „Economic Valuation of Biological Diversity – Ecosystem Services“ methods, case studies and results were presented... more
BfN Schriften 47 - Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity. Analysis of the Links to Intellectual Property and the International System for the Protection of Intellectual Property Publication BfN-Schriften • 2001 The overview is based on the assumption that the Convention links biological diversity, genetic resources, knowledge and technology and at... more
BfN Schriften 306 - Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and mitigation – good practice examples and lessons learned in Europe Publication BfN-Schriften • 2011 This report documents and analyses good practice examples of ecosystem-based approaches to climate change mitigation and adaptation in... more
BfN Schriften 183 - Implementing the Ecosystem Approach for Freshwater Ecosystems – A case study on the Water Framework Directive of the European Union Publication BfN-Schriften • 2006 The general objective of this report is to analyse the consideration of the Ecosystem Approach in the Water Framework Directive with an... more
Monitoring in the context of ecosystem restoration Publication Discussion paper • 2022 Monitoring is key in the context of ecosystem restoration. Both on the EU level and the national level, existing or newly established... more Discussion Paper Monitoring in the context of ecosystem restoration (pdf, 1.06 MB)
BfN Schriften 521 - Marine Ecosystem Services Publication BfN-Schriften • 2018 The decline in biodiversity is the most pressing and serious problem that our society has to deal with in the interaction of natural and... more Skript 521
BfN Schriften 51 - Sustainable Forest Management in Germany: The Ecosystem Approach of the Biodiversity Convention reconsidered. Results of the R+D–Project 800 83 001 Publication BfN-Schriften • 2001 In past years, the recognition has increasingly prevailed that biological diversity in its different varieties can be successfully... more
