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...
Federal Action Plan on Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Biodiversity Page With the Federal Action Plan on Nature-based Solutions for Climate and Biodiversity (ANK), Germany is making a decisive contribution to... more
BfN Schriften 51 - Sustainable Forest Management in Germany: The Ecosystem Approach of the Biodiversity Convention reconsidered. Results of the R+D–Project 800 83 001 Publication BfN-Schriften • 2001 In past years, the recognition has increasingly prevailed that biological diversity in its different varieties can be successfully... more
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services into Urban Policy in China and Germany (2nd edition) Publication Leaflet • 2021 Cities represent a socio-ecological system in which the highest density of human population coincides with a mosaic of various types of... more
BfN Schriften 672 - Riverine and Coastal Wetlands for Biodiversity and Climate – Linking Science, Policy and Practice. A Compilation of Abstracts for the 5th European Conference 26-28 September 2023 in Bonn, Germany Publication BfN-Schriften • 2023 Since 2011, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the European Net-work of Heads of Nature Conservation Agencies... more BfN-Schriften 672
BfN Schriften 341 - Report of the International Expert Workshop connecting diverse Knowledge Systems in the context of IPBES Publication BfN-Schriften • 2013 The aim of the workshop is to give the opportunity to discuss how diverse knowledge systems can be connected in the context of the... more
BfN Schriften 411 - Development of National Indicators for Ecosystem Services Recommendations for Germany Publication BfN-Schriften • 2015 This paper is intended as a technical basis for further discussion on the implementation of Target 2, Action 5 at the national and European... more
BfN Schriften 218 - Countdown 2010 for Marine Ecosystems Publication BfN-Schriften • 2007 In April 2007, around 100 high-level marine conservation experts from European member states joined for a 3-day workshop in Berlin,... more
NaBiV Heft 117: Threatened Biodiversity in the German North und Baltic Seas Publication Series "Nature Conservation and Biodiversity" • 2012 The seas of Germany’s coasts are under pressure from human induced pollution and, increasingly, from direct human activities in the area... more Order
The oceans Page The oceans are the world’s biggest ecosystems and are home to a wide range of different habitats for untold numbers of animal and plant... more
BfN Schriften 321 - Putting Natural Solutions to Work: Mainstreaming Protected Areas in Climate Change Responses Publication BfN-Schriften • 2012 The following publication draws on presentations and discussions from a specialist workshop held on the Island of Vilm, Germany, 27-31... more
