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...
Sustainable Consumption for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Publication Leaflet • 2020 The goods and materials imported into Germany are highly diverse and come from numerous regions across the world. To structure the... more Sustainable Consumption for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (pdf, 10.38 MB)
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
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services into Urban Policy in China and Germany (2nd edition) Publication Leaflet • 2021 Cities represent a socio-ecological system in which the highest density of human population coincides with a mosaic of various types of... 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
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
BfN Schriften 326 - Payments for Ecosystem Services Towards an Implementation Strategy Publication BfN-Schriften • 2012 In order to share experiences and discuss approaches for the implementation of PES as instruments for biodiversity conservation and... more
Biodiversity and finance: Managing the double materiality Publication Leaflet • 2022 Economic activities are at the heart of biodiversity loss. At the same time, most economic sectors are heavily dependent on ecosystem... more Order
Nature restoration Page The restoration of nature is a key tool in nature conservation. Ecosystems that have been severely degraded, for example by intensive use,... more
BfN Schriften 525 - Expert Meeting on Ecosystem Valuation in the Context of Natural Capital Accounting Publication BfN-Schriften • 2019 Human well-being depends on manifold values and services of nature. There is nothing new about this insight. But much remains to be done to... 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
