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 277 - Potential effects of the introduction of a sugar beet variety resistant to glyphosate on agricultural practise and on the environment Publication BfN-Schriften • 2010 The EU Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms (GMO) requires the assessment... more Skript277 (pdf, 611.3 KB)
BfN Schriften 56 - Application of NATURA 2000 in the Marine Environment. Workshop at the International Academy for Nature Conservation (INA) on the Isle of Vilm (Germany) from 27 June to 1 July 2001 Publication BfN-Schriften • 2001 By sharing experience and expertise this workshop aimed at helping the implementation of the EU Habitats and Birds Directives in the marine... more Skript56 (pdf, 2.73 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)
BfN Schriften 454 - Peatlands in the EU Regulatory Environment Publication BfN-Schriften • 2017 This study attempts to portray the main peat-focused or peat-sensitive EU policies, but also to highlight those EU regulatory regimes,... more Skript454 (pdf, 2.5 MB)
BfN Schriften 658 - The puzzle of transformation. Impulses from environmental psychological research Publication BfN-Schriften • 2023 The field of environmental psychology has gained tremendous momentum over the last years, with more and more people realising that humans... more BfN-Schriften 658
BfN Schriften 529 - Green Ways – Perspectives of Environmental Psychology Research Publication BfN-Schriften • 2019 Environmental Psychology and its approaches are key to the understanding of how people respond to global issues such as climate change and... more Skript529 (pdf, 3.26 MB)
BfN Schriften 259 - Standardising the Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Plants in the EU Publication BfN-Schriften • 2009 This report presents a critical appraisal of the environmental risk assessment of selected GMO notifications and identifies major... more Skript259 (pdf, 1.07 MB)
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 Skript217 (pdf, 1.04 MB)
Promoting associations and organisations Page Environment protection and nature conservation policy relies on associations and organisations as partners. These inform and raise... more
Tourism and sport Page Tourism and nature-based sports are reliant on nature and an environment that are diverse and ideally intact. But they can also put... more