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...
Status Report on Floodplains 2021 – Floodplains in Germany Publication Leaflet • 2021 12 years after the first German status report on floodplains was published a second nationwide study was carried out revising the... more Order Status Report on Floodplains 2021 - Floodplains in Germany (pdf, 14.14 MB)
Natura 2000 – Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Publication Leaflet • 2009 This brochure will inform tourism, outdoor recreation and sport representatives about the Natura 2000 concept and at the same time explain... more Leitfaden Natura 2000 Sport und Tourismus (pdf, 5.89 MB)
Celebrating Nature – Nature conservation and religious festivals 2021 Publication Leaflet • 2021 The conservation of nature is a firmly established theme in most religions: it is the subject of stories in their holy books and of... more Broschüre Celebrating Nature – Nature conservation and religious festivals 2021 (pdf, 9.17 MB)
Germany’s Blue Belt Programme Page Germany’s waterways are to be restored to near-natural status. That is the aim of the Federal Government’s Blue Belt Programme (Blaues... more
Protected areas and habitats Page Many habitats have long been subject to increasing threat, not least due to intensification and increasing uniformity in agriculture. This... 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 Skript454 (pdf, 2.5 MB)
BfN Schriften 273 - Implementing a Pan-Alpine Ecological Network. A Compilation of Major Approaches, Tools and Activities Publication BfN-Schriften • 2010 The publication provides suggestions and support for stakeholders from different fields of activity who work for the implementation of... more Skript273 (pdf, 4.66 MB)
Loss of inundation areas Maps & Data Map The “Loss of inundation areas” map provides a national overview of the percentage of natural floodplains that have been cut off by... more
Floodplain status (German) Document Nationwide map "Floodplain status" (PDF in German) Download (pdf| 7.22 MB)