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...
The Pomeranian Bay – Rønne Bank Nature Conservation Area Page The 2,092 km² Pomeranian Bay – Rønne Bank Nature Conservation Area is located about 20 km east of the island of Rügen. It extends from... more
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)
The Kadet Trench Nature Conservation Area Page The Kadet Trench Nature Conservation Area (NCA), which is only about 100 km² in size, is located in the western Baltic Sea about 20 km... more
The Fehmarn Belt Nature Conservation Area Page The approximately 280 km² Fehmarn Belt Nature Conservation Area (NCA) corresponds to the HD (Habitats Directive) site Fehmarn Belt (EU... more
The Pomeranian Bay Special Protection Area – Area IV Page Area IV is 2,004 km² in size and corresponds to the Pomeranian Bay Special Protection Area. In addition to Annex I species of the Birds... more
Agriculture Report Publication BfN Report • 2017 With the Agriculture Report, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation clearly demonstrates that both the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)... more Agriculture Report 2017 (pdf, 3.2 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)
The Western Rønne Bank HD site – Area I Page The approximately 86 km² Area I encompasses the western slope of the Rønne Bank at depths of 22 m to 35 m and consists of several end... more
The Pomeranian Bay Protected Area with Odra Bank – Area III Page The 1,101 km² encompassing Area III lies north of the Odra Estuary and east of the Greifswalder Bodden in the Pomeranian Bay. It... more
The Adler Ground HD site – Area II Page The 234 km² encompassing Area II corresponds to the Adler Ground HD site and is located in the sea area between Rügen and Bornholm at the... more
