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, Climate Action, Nature Conservation...
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...
Training materials and videos Page To complement our on-site or online training, we work with partners to develop training materials, educational films and guidelines that... more
Promoting associations and organisations Page Environment protection and nature conservation policy relies on associations and organisations as partners. These inform and raise... more
Federal Action Plan on Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Biodiversity Page With the Federal Action Plan on Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Biodiversity (ANK), Germany is making a decisive contribution to... more
BfN Schriften 447 - Nature Conservation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia. Lessons learnt from the transformation process and challenges for the future Publication BfN-Schriften • 2016 The countries of Eastern Europe, North and Central Asia are home to a variety of unique ecosystems. State and non-governmental actors,... more BfN-Skript 447
Sustaining Natural Systems for Future Generations Publication Leaflet • 2016 Action for global nature conservation takes on various forms at the BfN. The BfN initiates and supports a broad range of bilateral and... more Sustaining Natural Systems for Future Generations (pdf, 1.83 MB)
BfN Schriften 271a - Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessments in Europe. A review of application, methods and results Publication BfN-Schriften • 2010 The European Study on protected area management effectiveness (PAME) evaluation was conducted between May 2009 and March 2010. Its main... more
BfN Schriften 367 - Proceedings of the European Conference „Climate Change and Nature Conservation in Europe – an ecological, policy and economic perspective“ Publication BfN-Schriften • 2014 The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) in co-operation with the ENCA Climate Change Group and with support from the Free... more
BfN-Schriften 745 - Large Carnivores in the Dinaric-Balkan-Pindos region: Management, Monitoring, Threats and Conflicts Publication BfN-Schriften • 2025 This progress report updates the situation on the current status of large carnivores, their management and monitoring, threats and... more BfN-Schriften 745
Sufficiency for biodiversity: Governing consumption within ecological limits Publication Policy Briefs • 2025 This policy brief underlines that sufficiency must become a core pillar of policy and economic decision-making, in order to achieve... more Policy Brief 02/2025
Carbon Storage in the Baltic Sea - KomSO Event Conference International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm • Date, time22.10.2026 (Thu) 12:00 – 23.10.2026 (Fri) 13:00 Individual cooperation partners will present current project results, which will then be discussed jointly. In addition, the objectives for... more
