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...
Testing and development projects Page Testing and development (T&D) projects are used to test promising nature conservation ideas and approaches and translate research results... more
BfN Schriften 174 - Protection and Utilisation of Biological Resources for a Sustainable Development, with Special Reference to Azerbaijan. Proceedings of a NATO CCMS supported Seminar Publication BfN-Schriften • 2006 Attention is paid to the development of specially protected natural areas with the purpose of the preservation of ecosystems in the... more
BfN Schriften 153 - Report of the International Workshop “Opportunities of EU Agricultural Policy Instruments for Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Rural Development in Protected Areas of the New Member States” Publication BfN-Schriften • 2005 The aim of the international workshop „Opportunities of EU Agricultural Policy Instruments for Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated... more
BfN Schriften 110 - “Sustainable Tourism Development in European Protected Areas”: Networking Meeting of the European Charter Parks 15.-18.3.2003, Vilm, Germany Publication BfN-Schriften • 2004 The workshop focused on the development of the Charter and how to improve it as well as on a number of areas of interest to the parks -... more
New developments and regulatory issues in plant genetic engineering Publication Viewpoint • 2021 Based on its study of NGTs, the European Commission published an Inception Impact Assessment. It proposes reviewing – and potentially... more Viewpoint Plant Genetic Engeneering (pdf, 680.76 KB)
BfN Schriften 78 - Report of the International Workshop on the “Further Development of the Ecosystem Approach” Publication BfN-Schriften • 2003 Decision V/6 “Ecosystem Approach” by the fifth Conference of the Parties (COP-5) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)... more
BfN Schriften 411 - Development of National Indicators for Ecosystem Services Recommendations for Germany Publication BfN-Schriften • 2015 This paper is intended as a technical basis for further discussion on the implementation of Target 2, Action 5 at the national and European... more
BfN Schriften 217 - Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Genetically Modified Plants. Implementation of the Biosafety Protocol Development of Assessment Bases FKZ 201 67 430/07 Publication BfN-Schriften • 2008 The aim of this study was to compile the current international status of research on the environmental impacts of genetically modified... more
UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Page UNESCO Biosphere Reserves are model regions that link sustainable development and nature conservation. The UNESCO Man and the Biosphere... more
Federal Action Plan on Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Biodiversity Page With the Federal Action Plan on Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Biodiversity (ANK), Germany is making a decisive contribution to... more
