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 261 - Second Sino-German Workshop on Biodiversity Conservation. Management of Ecosystems and Protected Areas: Facing Climate Change and Land Use Publication BfN-Schriften • 2009 The ‘Second Sino-German Workshop on Biodiversity Conservation’ was entitled ‘Management of Ecosystems and Protected Areas: Facing... more Skript261 (pdf, 2.52 MB)
BfN Schriften 238 - Assessment of Management Effectiveness in European Protected Areas. Sharing Experiences and Promoting Good Management Publication BfN-Schriften • 2008 In all 32 people attended the seminar from 16 European countries. The main focus of the seminar was to hear from as many of these countries... more Skript238 (pdf, 1.18 MB)
Protected areas and habitats Page Many habitats have long been subject to increasing threat, not least due to intensification and increasing uniformity in agriculture. This... more
BfN Schriften 271b - Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessments in Europe. Supplementary Report Publication BfN-Schriften • 2010 This document is a supplement to the final report of the European study and summarizes 32 of 40 methodologies found in Europe for... more Skript271b (pdf, 1.7 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 43 - Managing Risks to Biodiversity and the Environment on the High Sea, Including Tools Such as Marine Protected Areas - Scientific Requirements and Legal Aspects - Publication BfN-Schriften • 2001 The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation was happy to host an expert workshop on “Managing risks to biodiversity and the environment on... more Skript43 (pdf, 1.91 MB)
NaBiV Heft 152: Management of Natura 2000 sites on military training areas Publication Series "Nature Conservation and Biodiversity" • 2016 There is a special importance of military training areas (MTAs) for the protection and maintenance of our biodiversity in Europe. MTAs host... more Order
BfN Schriften 322 - Spiritual Values of Protected Areas of Europe. Workshop Proceedings Publication BfN-Schriften • 2012 The proceedings provide a comprehensive compilation of the results of the international workshop on spiritual values on protected areas in... more Skript322 (pdf, 8.26 MB)
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 Skript110 (pdf, 7.58 MB)
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 Skript153 (pdf, 532.09 KB)