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 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
BfN Schriften 301 - Access and Benefit Sharing in Relation to Marine Genetic Resources from Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. A Possible Way Forward Publication BfN-Schriften • 2011 The objective of the paper is to inform all workshop participants about the currently existing legal framework related to the sharing of... 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
BfN Schriften 210 - Establishing an Alpine Ecological Network. Inaugural Meeting of the Platform "Ecological Network" under the Alpine Convention Publication BfN-Schriften • 2007 This report is reflecting the presentations and discussions during the first meeting of the Platform “Ecological Network” under the... more
BfN Schriften 454 - Peatlands in the EU Regulatory Environment Publication BfN-Schriften • 2017 This study attempts to portray the main peat-focused or peat-sensitive EU policies, but also to highlight those EU regulatory regimes,... more
Monitoring in the context of ecosystem restoration Publication Discussion paper • 2022 Monitoring is key in the context of ecosystem restoration. Both on the EU level and the national level, existing or newly established... more Discussion Paper Monitoring in the context of ecosystem restoration (pdf, 1.06 MB)
BfN Schriften 183 - Implementing the Ecosystem Approach for Freshwater Ecosystems – A case study on the Water Framework Directive of the European Union Publication BfN-Schriften • 2006 The general objective of this report is to analyse the consideration of the Ecosystem Approach in the Water Framework Directive with an... more
