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...
Status Report on Floodplains 2021 – Floodplains in Germany Publication Leaflet • 2021 12 years after the first German status report on floodplains was published a second nationwide study was carried out revising the... more Order Status Report on Floodplains 2021 - Floodplains in Germany (pdf, 14.14 MB)
The reintroduction of the European flat oyster Publication Leaflet • 2022 The leaflet on the reintroduction of the European flat oyster explains why European flat oysters are ecologically important and in the... more The Reintroduction of the European Flat Oyster (pdf, 5.67 MB)
Landscape planning - the basis for sustainable landscape development Publication Leaflet • 2012 The brochure focuses on the innovations regarding the tasks and contents of landscape planning regulated nationwide by the Federal Nature... more Order brochure Landscape planning (pdf, 3.94 MB)
President Page Sabine Riewenherm has been President of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) since 1 September 2021. more
Tasks Page The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation is the Federal Government’s scientific authority with responsibility for nature conservation... more
Press Page The Press and Public Relations Department of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) is the interface between BfN and the general... more
Library Page Founded in 1906, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) library is the biggest and oldest nature conservation library in Germany.... more
Society Page Nature conservation is a social compact. Arguments in favour of and measures for use in nature conservation therefore rely on broad social... more
Agriculture and forestry Page Agricultural and forestry have shaped the cultural landscape for centuries. With ongoing intensification, they pose a threat to an... more
