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 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 Skript183 (pdf, 1.12 MB)
Wetland conservation under the Ramsar Convention Page Wetlands are some of the most diverse and also most threatened ecosystems on Earth. Lakes and rivers, peatlands and marshes, coral reefs... more
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
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
Biodiversity Page Biological diversity (biodiversity) is the collective term for the diversity of species, genetic traits within species and diversity in... more
BfN Schrift 76 - Applying the Ecosystem Approach in High-Mountain Ecosystems in Germany: Experiences with the Alpine Convention Publication BfN-Schriften • 2003 The Alpine Convention consists of a frame and thematic protocols. The frame defines the aims of the convention and the formalities of... more Skript76 (pdf, 492.35 KB)
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 Skript79 (pdf, 949.45 KB)
Noise mitigation for the construction of increasingly large offshore wind turbines Publication Discussion paper • 2020 Offshore wind energy is expected to make an important contribution in the context of transition to carbon-free energy generation. In the... more Noise mitigation for the construction of increasingly large offshore wind turbines (pdf, 3.31 MB)
BfN Schriften 118 - Trade in and Conservation of two Shark Species, Porbeagle (Lamna nasus) and Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) Publication BfN-Schriften • 2004 FAO has developed an International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks and has recommended that shark fishing... more Skript118 (pdf, 1.04 MB)