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, Climate Action, Nature Conservation...
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...
Research programme Page Forthe strategicmanagement of its research activities, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) has a medium-term research... more
Federal Biological Diversity Programme Page Biodiversity loss has been progressing on a dramatic scale worldwide for many years. As species, genes and habitats disappear, nature is... more
International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm Page The International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm (INA) welcomes around 1,700 participants each year. Around 60 events and... more
Our history Page Our agency was created in 1993 by the Act Establishing a Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfNG). However, the history of nature... more
Nature Awareness Page The public surveys on Nature Awareness are a study series conducted in a two year cycle by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature... more
BfN Schriften 77 - Report of the International Workshop for CEE Countries. “Tourism in Mountain Areas and the Convention on Biological Diversity" Publication BfN-Schriften • 2003 In the year 2002, the International Year of Ecotourism and International Year of Mountains, October 1st- 5th, 29 participants from 9... more
BfN Schriften 121 - Report of the International Workshop “Capacity-Building for Biodiversity in Central and Eastern Europe” - Full workshop report including presentations of initiatives, case-studies and lessons learned Publication BfN-Schriften • 2004 The present workshop report marks the first step in a three-year project initiated by the BfN which aims to support capacity-building for... more
BfN Schriften 317 - Feasibility Study for a Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia Publication BfN-Schriften • 2012 This document focuses on the feasibility of the Lake Tana Region to become a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. This feasibility study is the... more
BfN Schriften 360 - Governance of Protected Areas in Eastern Europe Overview on different governance types, case studies and lessons learned Publication BfN-Schriften • 2014 The proceedings provide a comprehensive compilation of the results of a one year study on governance of protected areas in Eastern Europe... more
BfN Schriften 127 - New Elements of the International Regime on Access and BenefitSharing of Genetic Resources - the Role of Certificates of Origin Publication BfN-Schriften • 2005 This study is concerned mainly with the design of an international ABS regime and specifically with the question which role certificates of... more
