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...
Renewable energy Page Climate change currently poses a threat to the diversity of life on earth. This is why transforming our energy supply system to renewable... 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
BfN Schriften 564 - Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol: Fulfilling new obligations among emerging issues Publication BfN-Schriften • 2019 The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was adopted in 1992 at the UN Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) in Rio... more Skript564 (pdf, 2.8 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)
BfN Schriften 58 - Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity on the ground - the example of biosphere reserves Publication BfN-Schriften • 2002 The Convention on Biological Diversity signed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 and recognized today... more Skript58 (pdf, 501.52 KB)