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...
Challenges of Marine Nature Conservation Publication Viewpoint • 2017 The increasingly intensive use of our seas makes protecting the marine environment more and more important. This applies just as much in... more Viewpoint Challenges of Marine Nature Conservation (pdf, 2.83 MB)
The oceans Page The oceans are the world’s biggest ecosystems and are home to a wide range of different habitats for untold numbers of animal and plant... more
BfN Schriften 79 - Deep Sea Genetic Resources in the Context of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Publication BfN-Schriften • 2003 It is only in the last few decades that the importance of the enormous area of open ocean beyond the 200 mile limit has been recognised,... more
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 Order
Progress in Marine Conservation 2023: How to stop biodiversity loss – from knowledge to action Event Conference • Workshop OZEANEUM Stralsund • Date, time18.09.2023 (Mon) 17:00 – 22.09.2023 (Fri) 13:15 6th Conference "Progress in Marine Conservation" in cooperation with the OZEANEUM / German Oceanographic Museum Stralsund, offering a forum... more
Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide Profile Natura 2000 Lebensraum Es handelt sich um regelmäßig bei Niedrigwasser trockenfallende Wattflächen mit Sand-, Schlick- oder Mischsubstraten. Sie sind... more