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...
Monitoring of genetically modified organisms Publication Policy Briefs • 2011 The monitoring of environmental effects is an important element of the regulatory framework for genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the... more Policy Brief GMO (pdf, 1.37 MB)
Genetic engineering Page The use of genetic engineering in farming and forestry poses risks for nature and nature conservation. Thus, under both EU and German law,... more
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)
For a science-based regulation of plants from new genetic techniques Publication Policy Briefs • 2024 Technological progress makes genetic engineering a rapidly developing field. In its proposal of July 2023, the European Commission (EC)... more For a science-based regulation of plants from new genetic techniques (pdf, 441.19 KB)
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)
Nature Awareness Study 2013 Publication Leaflet • 2014 This 2013 Nature Awareness Study is based on a representative population survey on how the Germans view nature and biological diversity. ... more Nature Awarness Study 2013 (pdf, 3.84 MB)
Biotechnology and genetic engineering Page Purposefully modifying them in biotechnology and genetic engineering has a direct impact on the characteristics of organisms and... more
Genetic engineering, nature conservation and biological diversity: Boundaries of design Publication Viewpoint • 2022 In this paper, Germany’s Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN) presents its position on an... more Genetic engineering, nature conservation and biological diversity (pdf, 3.43 MB)