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...
BfN Schriften 306 - Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and mitigation – good practice examples and lessons learned in Europe Publication BfN-Schriften • 2011 This report documents and analyses good practice examples of ecosystem-based approaches to climate change mitigation and adaptation in... more Skript306 (pdf, 1.9 MB)
BfN Schriften 446 - Nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas Publication BfN-Schriften • 2016 Through this, we hope to further promote the integration of research findings and implementation experiences of nature-based solutions for... more Skript446 (pdf, 1.24 MB)
Noise mitigation for the construction of increasingly large offshore wind turbines Publication Discussion paper • 2020 Offshore wind energy is expected to make an important contribution in the context of transition to carbon-free energy generation. In the... more Noise mitigation for the construction of increasingly large offshore wind turbines (pdf, 3.31 MB)
Marine plans and projects Page The North Sea and the Baltic Sea are increasingly subject to commercial exploitation for offshore wind farms and their grid connections,... more
Instruments Page The following is an overview of the legal instruments governing nature conservation. Nature conservation and landscape management are... more
Monitoring of genetically modified organisms Publication Policy Briefs • 2011 The monitoring of environmental effects is an important element of the regulatory framework for genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the... more Policy Brief GMO (pdf, 1.37 MB)
Protected areas and habitats Page Many habitats have long been subject to increasing threat, not least due to intensification and increasing uniformity in agriculture. This... more
BfN Schriften 456 - Proceedings of the European Conference “Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change in Urban Areas and their Rural Surroundings“ Publication BfN-Schriften • 2017 The conference proceedings included in this volume attempt to reflect the great variety of the presentations and discussions. Abstracts of... more Skript456 (pdf, 7.25 MB)
Humboldt-Kurs - CIPSEM Internationale Klimaschutzstipendiaten Event Training International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm • Date, time10.10.2022 (Mon) 18:30 – 14.10.2022 (Fri) 09:00 This course is part of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation International Climate Protection Fellowship. It introduces and explains... more
