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, Climate Action, Nature Conservation...
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
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 The BfN is involved in European nature conservation policy at various levels. These activities are supplemented with work to promote the... more
Federal Action Plan on Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Biodiversity Page With the Federal Action Plan on Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Biodiversity (ANK), Germany is making a decisive contribution to... 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
BfN Schriften 60 - Biodiversity and Tourism in the Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity: The Case of the Tayrona National Park, Colombia Publication BfN-Schriften • 2002 This document is the result of a workshop with experts and participants from different institutions to analyse the development of tourism... more
BfN-Schriften 515 - Second Meeting of the European Competent National Authorities Implementing the Nagoya Protocol and the Corresponding EU Regulation Final Report Publication BfN-Schriften • 2018 After the entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol and the corresponding Regulation (EU) No. 511/2014 (EU ABS Regulation), the Member States... more Skript 515
Transformative Change for Biodiversity – Key Messages Publication Discussion paper • 2021 GIZ, KfW and BfN, with the support of adelphi conducted a six days seminar on “Transformative change for Biodiversity: Challenges,... more Findings Transformative Change for Biodiversity Conservation (pdf, 270.75 KB)
