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...
BfN Schriften 236 - Analysis and validation of present ecotoxicological test methods and strategies for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants Publication BfN-Schriften • 2008 The aim of this project was, firstly, to analyse existing ecotoxicological methods and strategies developed for the testing of chemicals... more Skript236 (pdf, 1.93 MB)
BfN Schriften 271a - Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessments in Europe. A review of application, methods and results Publication BfN-Schriften • 2010 The European Study on protected area management effectiveness (PAME) evaluation was conducted between May 2009 and March 2010. Its main... more Skript271a (pdf, 2.74 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 Skript237 (pdf, 6.72 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 Skript407 (pdf, 3.44 MB)
Measuring the quality and effectiveness of protected and conserved areas Publication Discussion paper • 2020 Workshop report of the expert meeting for the development of possible indicators and methods for reporting "Measuring the quality and... more Measuring the quality and effectiveness of protected and conserved areas (pdf, 635.38 KB)
BfN Schriften 66 - Eastern European White Stork Populations: Migration Studies and Elaboration of Conservation Measures Publication BfN-Schriften • 2002 In 1990 we in Europe were able for the first time to employ a new, highly promising method:satellite t acking. It allowed us to investigate... more Skript66 (pdf, 2.79 MB)
Noise mitigation for the construction of increasingly large offshore wind turbines Publication Discussion paper • 2020 Offshore wind energy is expected to make an important contribution in the context of transition to carbon-free energy generation. In the... more Noise mitigation for the construction of increasingly large offshore wind turbines (pdf, 3.31 MB)
BfN Schriften 234 - Computational bioacoustics for assessing biodiversity Publication BfN-Schriften • 2008 From December 7 through 10, 2007, an international expert meeting on IT-based detection of bioacoustic patterns was held at the facilities... more Skript234 (pdf, 9.34 MB)
Summer School "Economic Valuation of Natural Capital: From Theory to Practice" Event Conference International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm • Date, time08.07.2024 (Mon) 17:00 – 13.07.2024 (Sat) 09:00 The interdisciplinary summer school offers intensive training on the theory and practical application of various economic methods for... more
Summer School on Environmental Psychology 2023 - Unlocking the potential of the society for change Event Conference International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm • Date, time30.05.2023 (Tue) 18:30 – 03.06.2023 (Sat) 12:00 The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, in close collaboration with researchers from the Universities of Koblenz-Landau and Leipzig,... more