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...
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)
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
Health Page Although not all trends make sense or benefit people, this is one that does: Staying healthy or improving health with the help of nature is... more
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services into Urban Policy in China and Germany (2nd edition) Publication Leaflet • 2021 Cities represent a socio-ecological system in which the highest density of human population coincides with a mosaic of various types of... more Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services into Urban Policy in China and Germany (2nd edition) (pdf, 8.3 MB)