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...
Page Society Nature conservation is a social compact. Arguments in favour of and measures for use in nature conservation therefore rely on broad social... more
Page Nature Awareness The public surveys on Nature Awareness are a study series conducted in a two year cycle by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature... more
Publication BfN Schriften 529 - Green Ways – Perspectives of Environmental Psychology Research BfN-Schriften • 2019 Environmental Psychology and its approaches are key to the understanding of how people respond to global issues such as climate change and... more Skript529 (pdf, 3.26 MB)
Publication BfN Schriften 525 - Expert Meeting on Ecosystem Valuation in the Context of Natural Capital Accounting BfN-Schriften • 2019 Human well-being depends on manifold values and services of nature. There is nothing new about this insight. But much remains to be done to... more Skript525 (pdf, 5.59 MB)
Page Health Although not all trends make sense or benefit people, this is one that does: Staying healthy or improving health with the help of nature is... more
Page Biotechnology and genetic engineering Purposefully modifying them in biotechnology and genetic engineering has a direct impact on the characteristics of organisms and... more
Page The economy Economic aspects also play an important role in nature conservation. Work in nature conservation economics analyses the relationships... more
Publication Natura 2000 – Outdoor Recreation and Tourism 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)
Publication BfN Schriften 326 - Payments for Ecosystem Services Towards an Implementation Strategy BfN-Schriften • 2012 In order to share experiences and discuss approaches for the implementation of PES as instruments for biodiversity conservation and... more Skript326 (pdf, 1.48 MB)
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)