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...
Page Natura 2000 To counter the ongoing decline of species in the wild and in natural habitats in the EU and to conserve biodiversity, the Birds Directive... more
Page The Adler Ground HD site – Area II 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
Page Large-scale nature conservation projects The “chance.natur” programme promotes projects in areas considered of great national and international nature conservation value and as... more
Publication BfN Schriften 79 - Deep Sea Genetic Resources in the Context of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea BfN-Schriften • 2003 It is only in the last few decades that the importance of the enormous area of open ocean beyond the 200 mile limit has been recognised,... more Skript79 (pdf, 949.45 KB)
Projekt Handbook: Using satellite images for wetland management in Africa Background African wetlands are not only the habitat of countless animal and plant species, they also provide water, food and natural... more
Projekt Senne/Teutoburg Forest Large-scale heath and mire complex, acidophilous mixed beech and oak forests in the Westphalian lowlands more
Projekt Ruwer riverine system with tributary streams Near-nature watercourse in the Mittelgebirge, Germany’s central uplands more
Projekt Bänder des Lebens im Hunsrück Due to the diversity of site factors and small-scale transitions in relief, climate, soil and geology, the project-related planning area... more
Projekt Landschaft der Industriekultur Nord Landschaft der Industriekultur Nord - 'Industrial Culture Landscape North' - is a large-scale conservation project covering a mosaic of... more
Projekt Elbe river alluvial plain at Lenzen (Lenzener Elbtalaue) Riparian meadows in the Mittelelbe region more
