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...
Biodiversity-friendly business: How does it work? News 20.07.2020 • Putbus/Insel Vilm How can companies make their supply chains biodiversity-friendly and how can these efforts be financed? From 10 to 15 July, 35 interested... more
20th Vilmer Summer Academy: Green Cities? Nature conservation in urban areas between competition for use and synergies News 23.08.2021 • Putbus/Insel Vilm At the anniversary event of the Vilmer Summer Academy from 16 to 19 August 2021, interested parties exchanged views on the role of nature... more
Klaus Toepfer Fellowship: 19 nature conservation leaders successfully trained News 18.03.2022 • Putbus/Insel Vilm 19 nature conservation leaders from 13 countries successfully completed the 18-month Klaus-Toepfer Fellowship programme this week. The... more
Asia and Pacific: Nature-based solutions for global challenges News 24.02.2021 • Putbus/Insel Vilm Nature-based solutions (NbS) have received more attention in recent years – also in the context of the post-2020 global biodiversity... more
Transformative change for biodiversity conservation News 04.02.2021 • Putbus/Insel Vilm The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) concluded in its Global Assessment 2019 that... more
Capacity building for IPBES: Survey shows needs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia News 20.01.2021 • Putbus/Insel Vilm The Institute for Biodiversity Network (ibn) presented the results of a survey in January that show which capacities need to be developed... more
New Guidelines on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas News 12.01.2021 • Putbus/Insel Vilm The cultural and spiritual values of nature are of high importance for nature conservation in protected areas. The IUCN Best Practice... more
University course: Students learn to reconcile nature conservation and agriculture News 31.03.2020 • Putbus/Insel Vilm In March, the International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm (INA) in cooperation with the Institute for Agro-ecology and... more
Conservation of Migratory Species in Central Asia: Conservation and Restoration of the Bukhara Deer News 23.10.2020 • Putbus/Insel Vilm This week, an expert meeting on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning Conservation and Restoration of the Bukhara Deer took... more
New protected areas approved on the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas News 20.09.2020 • Putbus/Insel Vilm From 15 to 18 September, the IUCN's Global Protected Areas Programme (GPAP) in cooperation with the International Academy for Nature... more