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...
Transfer Projects Page As part of the Klaus Toepfer Fellowship, participants develop a project with relevance to the work of their home institution. Throughout... more
BfN Schriften 210 - Establishing an Alpine Ecological Network. Inaugural Meeting of the Platform "Ecological Network" under the Alpine Convention Publication BfN-Schriften • 2007 This report is reflecting the presentations and discussions during the first meeting of the Platform “Ecological Network” under the... more Skript210 (pdf, 5.26 MB)
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
Germany’s Blue Belt Programme Page Germany’s waterways are to be restored to near-natural status. That is the aim of the Federal Government’s Blue Belt Programme (Blaues... more
BfN Schriften 271b - Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessments in Europe. Supplementary Report Publication BfN-Schriften • 2010 This document is a supplement to the final report of the European study and summarizes 32 of 40 methodologies found in Europe for... more Skript271b (pdf, 1.7 MB)
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 102 - "Perspectives of the Green Belt" Chances for an Ecological Network from the Barents Sea to the Adriatic Sea? Part 2 Publication BfN-Schriften • 2004 The International conference “Perspectives of the Green Belt – Chances for an ecological network from the Barents Sea to the Adriatic... more Skript102_2 (pdf, 2.52 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)
Development of a modular training package on Other Effective Area Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) Projekt The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requests so-called "other effective area-based conservation measures" (OECMs) to be counted... more
Publication launch: Strengthening synergies for biodiversity and climate News 07.06.2023 • Bonn • News Tackling biodiversity loss and climate change are two of the biggest challenges of our time. Yet promising solutions exist for addressing... more
