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
Large-scale nature conservation projects Page The “chance.natur” programme promotes projects in areas considered of great national and international nature conservation value and as... more
Promoting associations and organisations Page Environment protection and nature conservation policy relies on associations and organisations as partners. These inform and raise... 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 102 - "Perspectives of the Green Belt" Chances for an Ecological Network from the Barents Sea to the Adriatic Sea? Part 1 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_1 (pdf, 2.43 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)
Celebrating Nature – Nature conservation and religious festivals 2021 Publication Leaflet • 2021 The conservation of nature is a firmly established theme in most religions: it is the subject of stories in their holy books and of... more Broschüre Celebrating Nature – Nature conservation and religious festivals 2021 (pdf, 9.17 MB)
Capacity building for IPBES: Survey shows needs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia News 20.01.2021 • Putbus/Insel Vilm • News The Institute for Biodiversity Network (ibn) presented the results of a survey in January that show which capacities need to be developed... more
Biodiversity and climate: Experts exchange views on current research results and projects News 14.09.2020 • Putbus/Insel Vilm • News Experts from various disciplines met on 10 and 11 September to discuss current activities at the interface between biodiversity and... more
Protection of the vast Eastern Mongolian Steppes News 30.01.2020 • Putbus/Insel Vilm • News Nature conservation experts from Germany and Mongolia discussed the prospects for nominating the Mongolian steppe as a UNESCO World... more
