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...
International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm Page The International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm (INA) welcomes around 1,700 participants each year. Around 60 events and... more
Towards recognising reporting and supporting OECMs Publication Discussion paper • 2019 Documentation of the fourth expert meeting of the IUCN-WCPA task force on Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures at the... more Towards recognising reporting and supporting OECMs (pdf, 4.54 MB)
World Heritage and Climate Change Publication Discussion paper • 2017 Workshop report of the International Expert Workshop “World Heritage and Climate Change – Towards the update of the Policy Document on... more Workshop Report World Heritage and Climate Change (pdf, 527.59 KB)
About BfN Page Welcome to the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) is a German higher federal... more
Locations Page The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) is the Federal Government’s scientific authority for national and international nature... more
Easy to read Page Welcome to the website of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. The abbreviation is BfN. This text is written in easy to... more
Building Institutional Capacity in Government Conservation and Protected Area Organisations Publication Discussion paper • 2017 Workshop Report of a the workshop "Building Institutional Capacity in Government Conservation and Protected Area Organisations" to explore... more Building Institutional Capacity in Government Conservation and Protected Area Organisations (pdf, 1.24 MB)
Biodiversity-friendly business: How does it work? News 20.07.2020 • Putbus/Insel Vilm How can companies make their supply chains biodiversity-friendly and how can these efforts be financed? From 10 to 15 July, 35 interested... more
20th Vilmer Summer Academy: Green Cities? Nature conservation in urban areas between competition for use and synergies News 23.08.2021 • Putbus/Insel Vilm At the anniversary event of the Vilmer Summer Academy from 16 to 19 August 2021, interested parties exchanged views on the role of nature... more
Klaus Toepfer Fellowship: 19 nature conservation leaders successfully trained News 18.03.2022 • Putbus/Insel Vilm 19 nature conservation leaders from 13 countries successfully completed the 18-month Klaus-Toepfer Fellowship programme this week. The... more
