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 and UBA call for ambitious EU environmental policy News 20.06.2024 • Bonn • News The European Green Deal has brought a lot of momentum to European environmental and climate policy in recent years. How can its high level... more
Shared vision for the UNESCO World Heritage Beech Forest site News 07.06.2024 • Bonn/Insel Vilm • News The future of the serial World Heritage site ‘Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe’ was... more
European Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change News 25.09.2023 • Bonn • News Bonn, 25.09.2023: Between September 26 to 28, around 150 experts from all over Europe will come together in Bonn to discuss the role of... more
Publication launch: Strengthening synergies for biodiversity and climate News 07.06.2023 • Bonn • News Tackling biodiversity loss and climate change are two of the biggest challenges of our time. Yet promising solutions exist for addressing... more
Now published: Biodiversity and finance News 09.02.2023 • Bonn • News Economic activities are at the heart of biodiversity loss. At the same time, most economic sectors are heavily dependent on ecosystem... more
Start of fellowship programme for young conservationists News 26.01.2023 • Insel Vilm • News Application for the 2023-2025 cycle of the Klaus Toepfer Fellowship Programme is now open until March 26, 2023. The in-service training... more
Inspiring young people for the future of nature News 28.10.2022 • Putbus/Insel Vilm • News 25 young scientists and conservationists from all over the world came to the Isle of Vilm from 19.-23. October to contribute their... more
Genetic engineering, nature conservation and biological diversity: Boundaries of design News 24.10.2022 • Bonn • News Successful nature conservation, and hence also species conservation, are of paramount importance to functioning ecosystems and require... more
International experts recommend ways on preserving the movements of migratory species in the face of infrastructure development News 25.08.2022 • Putbus/Insel Vilm • News The CMS Intersessional Working Group (IWG) met from 27 June to 1 July at the International Academy of nature Conservation Isle of Vilm,... more
International workshop on strengthening synergies for biodiversity and climate News 11.08.2022 • Bonn/Vilm • News How can we jointly overcome the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change? From 1 to 5 August, a hybrid workshop organised by the... more
Klaus Toepfer Fellowship: 19 nature conservation leaders successfully trained News 18.03.2022 • Putbus/Insel Vilm • News 19 nature conservation leaders from 13 countries successfully completed the 18-month Klaus-Toepfer Fellowship programme this week. The... more