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...
BfN Schriften 195 - International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP) Publication BfN-Schriften • 2007 The ISSC-MAP is designed to help those involved in the harvest, management, trade, manufacture, and sale of wild-collected medicinal and... more Skript195 (pdf, 390.02 KB)
BfN Schriften 333 - Wilderness Seminar / Wildnisseminar 2012 Documentary / Tagungsband Publication BfN-Schriften • 2013 As a cooperation between the Foundation for Natural Landscapes in Brandenburg and The WILD Foundation, this wilderness seminar also served... more Skript333 (pdf, 9.68 MB)
BfN Schriften 250 - Caring for Pollinators. Safeguarding agro-biodiversity and wild plant diversity Publication BfN-Schriften • 2009 The present volume documents the current state of the work of the Pollinators Initiatives, gives recommendations and points out the need... more Skript250 (pdf, 10.64 MB)
CITES Page Signed in 1973 and also known as the Washington Convention, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and... more
Natura 2000 Page To counter the ongoing decline of species in the wild and in natural habitats in the EU and to conserve biodiversity, the Birds Directive... more
Federal Nature Conservation Fund Page For the current legislative period, the new federal government has decided to expand and bundle project funding for nature conservation and... more
Genetic engineering, nature conservation and biological diversity: Boundaries of design Publication Viewpoint • 2022 In this paper, Germany’s Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN) presents its position on an... more Genetic engineering, nature conservation and biological diversity (pdf, 3.43 MB)
BfN Schriften 356 - A review of wolf management in Poland and Germany with recommendations for future transboundary collaboration Publication BfN-Schriften • 2013 The mandate to compile a “Review of wolf management in Poland and Germany with recommendation for future transboundary cooperation” was... more Skript356 (pdf, 5.57 MB)
Protected areas and habitats Page Many habitats have long been subject to increasing threat, not least due to intensification and increasing uniformity in agriculture. This... more
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)