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...
Tasks The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) provides the German Environment Ministry...
International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm The International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm (INA) welcomes around 1,700...
Publication BfN Schriften 454 - Peatlands in the EU Regulatory Environment 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)
Page Protected areas and habitats Many habitats have long been subject to increasing threat, not least due to intensification and increasing uniformity in agriculture. This... more
Page Germany’s Blue Belt Programme 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
Publication BfN Schriften 322 - Spiritual Values of Protected Areas of Europe. Workshop Proceedings BfN-Schriften • 2012 The proceedings provide a comprehensive compilation of the results of the international workshop on spiritual values on protected areas in... more Skript322 (pdf, 8.26 MB)
Publication BfN Schriften 120 - Report of the International Workshop on “Ways to Promote the Ideas behind the CBD’s Ecosystem Approach in Central and Eastern Europe” BfN-Schriften • 2004 The international workshop „Ways to Promote the Ideas behind the CBD’s Ecosystem Approach in Central and Eastern Europe“ brought... more Skript120 (pdf, 1.36 MB)
Publication BfN Schriften 311 - Forest Protection and Sustainable Forest Management in Germany and the P.R. China – A Comparative Assessment – BfN-Schriften • 2012 The report at hand aims to compare the forest sectors of the Federal Republic of Germany and the People’s Republic of China – two... more Skript311 (pdf, 3.26 MB)
Publication BfN Schriften 260 - Communicating values and benefits of protected areas in Europe BfN-Schriften • 2009 The 2007 Europarc Federation strategy included a section on “benefits and values of protected areas”. To further develop this topic the... more Skript260 (pdf, 2.88 MB)
Publication BfN Schriften 271b - Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessments in Europe. Supplementary Report BfN-Schriften • 2010 This document is a supplement to the final report of the European study and summarizes 32 of 40 methodologies found in Europe for... more Skript271b (pdf, 1.7 MB)
Publication BfN Schriften 271a - Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessments in Europe. A review of application, methods and results BfN-Schriften • 2010 The European Study on protected area management effectiveness (PAME) evaluation was conducted between May 2009 and March 2010. Its main... more Skript271a (pdf, 2.74 MB)
Publication BfN Schriften 360 - Governance of Protected Areas in Eastern Europe Overview on different governance types, case studies and lessons learned BfN-Schriften • 2014 The proceedings provide a comprehensive compilation of the results of a one year study on governance of protected areas in Eastern Europe... more Skript360 (pdf, 5.69 MB)