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...
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
BfN Schriften 51 - Sustainable Forest Management in Germany: The Ecosystem Approach of the Biodiversity Convention reconsidered. Results of the R+D–Project 800 83 001 Publication BfN-Schriften • 2001 In past years, the recognition has increasingly prevailed that biological diversity in its different varieties can be successfully... more Skript51 (pdf, 712.83 KB)
BfN Schriften 203 - Population Dynamics and Sustainable Harvesting of the Medicinal Plant Harpagophytum procumbens in Namibia. Results of the R+D Project 800 86 005 Publication BfN-Schriften • 2007 The need for this study to be undertaken arose because of a dramatic increase in export figures during 1998 and 1999 and corresponding... more Skript203 (pdf, 3.23 MB)
Digitalisation Page Digitalisation is a global megatrend that brings both opportunities and risks for nature conservation. BfN aims to analyse digital trends... more
BfN Schriften 244 - An economic analysis of new instruments for Access and Benefit-Sharing under the CBD – Standardisation options for ABS transaction. Interim Report Publication BfN-Schriften • 2009 In the research project we intend to analyse whether model clauses are an appropriate instrument to reduce transaction costs, as well as... more Skript244 (pdf, 459.21 KB)
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)
BfN Schriften 236 - Analysis and validation of present ecotoxicological test methods and strategies for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants Publication BfN-Schriften • 2008 The aim of this project was, firstly, to analyse existing ecotoxicological methods and strategies developed for the testing of chemicals... more Skript236 (pdf, 1.93 MB)
BfN Schriften 121 - Report of the International Workshop “Capacity-Building for Biodiversity in Central and Eastern Europe” - Full workshop report including presentations of initiatives, case-studies and lessons learned Publication BfN-Schriften • 2004 The present workshop report marks the first step in a three-year project initiated by the BfN which aims to support capacity-building for... more Skript121 (pdf, 664.14 KB)
Promoting associations and organisations Page Environment protection and nature conservation policy relies on associations and organisations as partners. These inform and raise... more
BfN Schriften 66 - Eastern European White Stork Populations: Migration Studies and Elaboration of Conservation Measures Publication BfN-Schriften • 2002 In 1990 we in Europe were able for the first time to employ a new, highly promising method:satellite t acking. It allowed us to investigate... more Skript66 (pdf, 2.79 MB)
