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...
UNESCO Natural World Heritage Page As a state party to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, Germany has committed to conserving natural and cultural heritage assets of... more
BfN Schriften 226 - European Exchange of Experience on the Assessment of Plans and Projects Significantly Affecting Natura 2000 Sites According to Article 6 (3) and (4) of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) Publication BfN-Schriften • 2007 The conference aimed at continuing the European exchange of experience on the assessment of plans and projects significantly affecting... more Skript226 (pdf, 1.35 MB)
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Page As part of the BMUV advisory assistance programme, and also under other BMUV funding programmes, BfN oversees nature conservation projects... more
About BfN Page Welcome to the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) is a German higher federal... more
Tasks Page The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation is the Federal Government’s scientific authority with responsibility for nature conservation... more
Sustaining Natural Systems for Future Generations Publication Leaflet • 2016 Action for global nature conservation takes on various forms at the BfN. The BfN initiates and supports a broad range of bilateral and... more Sustaining Natural Systems for Future Generations (pdf, 1.83 MB)
BfN Schriften 286 - An economic analysis of new instruments for Access and Benefit-Sharing under the CBD – Standardisation options for ABS transaction. Final Report Publication BfN-Schriften • 2011 In the beginning of 2007, the Institute for Food and Resource Economics at the University of Bonn started a research project on economic... more Skript286 (pdf, 4.61 MB)
Planning and assessment Page Balancing the interests of socially acceptable land use with those of nature and landscape conservation is addressed by the goals of nature... more
International cooperation Page Nature does not recognise political borders. This applies to the distribution of plants and animals, and to many of the challenges faced in... more
BfN Schriften 317 - Feasibility Study for a Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia Publication BfN-Schriften • 2012 This document focuses on the feasibility of the Lake Tana Region to become a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. This feasibility study is the... more Skript317 (pdf, 5.8 MB)
