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...
International cooperation Page Nature does not recognise political borders. This applies to the distribution of plants and animals, and to many of the challenges faced in... more
BfN Schriften 116 - Promoting CITES-CBD Cooperation and Synergy: Proceedings of the Workshop 20.-24.4.2004, Vilm, Germany Publication BfN-Schriften • 2004 This volume provides the international community with the background papers circulated to all participants before the workshop, the... more Skript116 (pdf, 5.95 MB)
Asia Page The main focus of BfN cooperation with Asia lies in cooperation with China. Project-based cooperation also takes place with countries in... more
Europe Page BfN is active at various levels of EU nature conservation policy. Under a bilateral agreements, this work is also supplemented by... more
Our tasks Page Our responsibilities are laid down in the Act Establishing a Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfNG): BfN performs tasks in the... more
UNESCO Natural World Heritage Page As a state party to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, Germany has committed to conserving natural and cultural heritage assets of... more
Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Opportunities in policy and practice Publication External publication • Monography • 2019 Documentation of the seminars on nature conservation in German development cooperation: Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Opportunities in policy... more Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Opportunities in Policy and Practice (pdf, 2 MB)
BfN Schriften 367 - Proceedings of the European Conference „Climate Change and Nature Conservation in Europe – an ecological, policy and economic perspective“ Publication BfN-Schriften • 2014 The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) in co-operation with the ENCA Climate Change Group and with support from the Free... more Skript367 (pdf, 3.12 MB)
BfN Schriften 310 - Proceedings of the European Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change – Science, Practice and Policy – Publication BfN-Schriften • 2012 The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) in co-operation with the ENCA Interest Group on Climate Change and with support... more Skript310 (pdf, 799.6 KB)
BfN Schriften 509 - Proceedings of the European Conference “Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change – Challenges, Opportunities and Evidence Gaps” Publication BfN-Schriften • 2018 The joint BfN/ENCA European Conference on “Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change” was held in Bonn, Germany on 27-29... more Skript509 (pdf, 4.38 MB)