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...
Challenges of Marine Nature Conservation Publication Viewpoint • 2017 The increasingly intensive use of our seas makes protecting the marine environment more and more important. This applies just as much in... more Viewpoint Challenges of Marine Nature Conservation (pdf, 2.83 MB)
Genetic engineering, nature conservation and biological diversity: Boundaries of design Publication Viewpoint • 2022 In this paper, Germany’s Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN) presents its position on an... more Genetic engineering, nature conservation and biological diversity (pdf, 3.43 MB)
New developments and regulatory issues in plant genetic engineering Publication Viewpoint • 2021 Based on its study of NGTs, the European Commission published an Inception Impact Assessment. It proposes reviewing – and potentially... more Viewpoint Plant Genetic Engeneering (pdf, 680.76 KB)
The Reintroduction of the European Flat Oyster Document The BfN and AWI leaflet on the reintroduction of the European oyster explains why European oysters are ecologically important and the focus of conservation measures. Download (pdf| 5.67 MB)
Agriculture Report 2017 Document Agriculture Report 2017: Biological diversity in aggricultural landscapes. Download (pdf| 3.2 MB)
Krautsand Projekt The subject of the project is the conservation and development of estuarine habitats on the Lower Elbe tidal flat on the Elbeinsel... more
"Chance7" - Natural and Cultural Landscape between the Siebengebirge and the River Sieg Projekt The core areas of the Siebengebirge region are highly biodiverse as a result of their geology and climate. The Siebengebirge hills alone... more
Coastal Empetrum nigrum heathland (Krähenbeer-Küstenheiden) Projekt Largest of the heathlands dominated by crowberry more
Habitat Mittelfränkisches Altmühltal Projekt The Altmühlwiesen with their extensively managed, periodically flooded, species-rich wet, wetland and smooth oat meadows have a great... more
