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 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
Implementing GBF Target 16: Addressing biodiversity impacts of food consumption Publication Policy Briefs • 2024 Target 16 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) urges national governments to reduce the global footprint of... more Implementing GBF Target 16: Addressing biodiversity impacts of food consumption
BfN Schriften 100 - Study on the Impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on Protected Areas in chosen EUAcceding Countries: Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia Publication BfN-Schriften • 2004 The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation has commissioned this study to IUCN as part of getting a better knowledge of the effects... more
BfN Schriften 239 - Immunogenicity of GM peas. Review of immune effects in mice fed on genetically modified peas and wider impacts for GM risk assessment Publication BfN-Schriften • 2008 This report reviews a scientific study by Prescott et al. (2005) which identified a higher immunogenic potential for a bean-derived alpha... more
BfN-Schriften 706 - CITES Non-detriment Findings for Timber Publication BfN-Schriften • 2024 This Guidance describes a nine-step process enabling Scientific Authorities to make science-based NDFs for trees, using information with... more BfN-Schriften 706
BfN-Schriften 716 - CITES Non-detriment Findings Guidance for Perennial Plants Publication BfN-Schriften • 2025 This Guidance describes a nine-step process enabling Scientific Authorities to make science-based NDFs for perennial plants, using... more BfN-Schriften 716
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
NaBiV Heft 101: Impact mitigration and biodiversity offsets - Compensation approaches from around the world Publication Series "Nature Conservation and Biodiversity" • 2011 Through the ratification of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), member countries have made a commitment to support the... more NaBiV 101
World Heritage and Climate Change Publication Discussion paper • 2017 Workshop report of the International Expert Workshop “World Heritage and Climate Change – Towards the update of the Policy Document on... more Workshop Report World Heritage and Climate Change (pdf, 527.59 KB)
NaBiV Heft 117: Threatened Biodiversity in the German North und Baltic Seas Publication Series "Nature Conservation and Biodiversity" • 2012 The seas of Germany’s coasts are under pressure from human induced pollution and, increasingly, from direct human activities in the area... more NaBiV 117
