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
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)
BfN Schriften 312 - The climate relevance of ecosystems beyond forests and peatlands – A review of current knowledge and recommendations for action Publication BfN-Schriften • 2012 This report was prepared by UNEP-WCMC as a background document and basis for discussion for the workshop "The climate relevance of... more Skript312 (pdf, 663.6 KB)
BfN Schriften 22 - Legal Regulations, Legal Instruments and Competent Authorities with Relevance for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the High Seas of the OSPAR Maritime Area Publication BfN-Schriften • 2000 Public international law is the sum of rules, which establish the principles of conduct, necessary for the well-ordered living together of... more Skript22 (pdf, 494.03 KB)
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
Research programme Page Forthe strategicmanagement of its research activities, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) has a medium-term research... more
BfN Schriften 529 - Green Ways – Perspectives of Environmental Psychology Research Publication BfN-Schriften • 2019 Environmental Psychology and its approaches are key to the understanding of how people respond to global issues such as climate change and... more Skript529 (pdf, 3.26 MB)
BfN Schriften 513 - Sustainability in Practice: Key Aspects, Opportunities and Challenges in Implementing a Standard for Sustainable Use of Natural Biological Resources Publication BfN-Schriften • 2018 The formal concept of sustainable sourcing of natural resources dates back to the Brundtland Report ‘Our Common Future’ from 1987,... more Skript513 (pdf, 872.95 KB)
NaBiV Heft 152: Management of Natura 2000 sites on military training areas Publication Series "Nature Conservation and Biodiversity" • 2016 There is a special importance of military training areas (MTAs) for the protection and maintenance of our biodiversity in Europe. MTAs host... more Order
Summer School on Environmental Psychology 2023 - Unlocking the potential of the society for change Event Conference International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm • Date, time30.05.2023 (Tue) 18:30 – 03.06.2023 (Sat) 12:00 The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, in close collaboration with researchers from the Universities of Koblenz-Landau and Leipzig,... more