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 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)
Tasks Page The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation is the Federal Government’s scientific authority with responsibility for nature conservation... 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
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 168 - The ecosystem approach in forest biosphere reserves: results from three case studies Publication BfN-Schriften • 2006 The present report is a summary of the results of a study which was completed on behalf of the Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN) by a number... more Skript168 (pdf, 599.15 KB)
BfN Schriften 195 - International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP) Publication BfN-Schriften • 2007 The ISSC-MAP is designed to help those involved in the harvest, management, trade, manufacture, and sale of wild-collected medicinal and... more Skript195 (pdf, 390.02 KB)
