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...
Publication Towards recognising reporting and supporting OECMs 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)
Publication World Heritage and Climate Change 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)
Publication Building Institutional Capacity in Government Conservation and Protected Area Organisations 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)
News 20th Vilmer Summer Academy: Green Cities? Nature conservation in urban areas between competition for use and synergies 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
News Natural environments, ecosystem services and public health in a time of crisis 28.06.2021 • Putbus/Insel Vilm From June 7-10, the third ESP Europe Regional Conference of the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) took place in Tartu, Estonia. The... more
News 19th Vilm Summer Academy: Nature Conservation as a Partner of Agriculture? 02.06.2021 At the invitation of the International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm (INA) of the Gernan Federal Agency for Nature... more
News Transformative change for biodiversity conservation 04.02.2021 • Putbus/Insel Vilm The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) concluded in its Global Assessment 2019 that... more
News New Guidelines on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas 12.01.2021 • Putbus/Insel Vilm The cultural and spiritual values of nature are of high importance for nature conservation in protected areas. The IUCN Best Practice... more
News University course: Students learn to reconcile nature conservation and agriculture 31.03.2020 • Putbus/Insel Vilm In March, the International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm (INA) in cooperation with the Institute for Agro-ecology and... more
News New protected areas approved on the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas 20.09.2020 • Putbus/Insel Vilm From 15 to 18 September, the IUCN's Global Protected Areas Programme (GPAP) in cooperation with the International Academy for Nature... more