Publications
BfN-Skripten
The BfN-Skripten series was introduced in 1998 and is printed in small numbers only. It is not available in bookshops.
The BfN-Skripten publications target small interest groups and workshop participants.
Selected publications from the series for download (in German or English).
The Federal Nature Conservation Agency (BfN) publishes the results of scientific and applied nature conservation research, knowledge of new conceptual approaches and instruments, and conference reports.
Since 2005, BfN has published its research findings in the form of a series entitled Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt (Nature Conservation and Biodiversity). This is a more fitting title than its predecessors for the growing number of areas covered by BfN’s work.
The publications appear on an ad hoc basis. See the publications list for details of the subjects covered in each issue, bibliographies, prices and availability.
BfN Magazine: Natur und Landschaft
BfN’s monthly magazine, Natur und Landschaft (NuL), contains original articles with as yet unpublished content covering the entire spectrum of nature conservation and landscape management.
BfN Project Reports
In certain circumstances, BfN makes its other works and project reports available for download.
Results, background documents and presentations for selected workshops and seminars held at the International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm.
Agriculture
Agro-Genetic Engineering
- Report (in German): "Modellrechnungnen zur Ausbreitung von Maispollen unter Worst-Case-Annahmen mit Vergleich von Freilandmessdaten", Hofmann et al. 2008 (1 MB)
- Report (in German): "Abschätzung der Maispollendeposition in Relation zur Entfernung der Pollenquelle", Hofmann 2007. (Kurzgutachten) (1 MB)
- Final Report from an R&D Project: Exploratory Study on GMO-Free Zones in Germany, (PDF file, in German)
- Presentations given at an expert meeting on Genetic Engineering held on 19.09.2008 in Karlsruhe (Presentations in German)
- Presentations given at an expert meeting on Genetic Engineering and Ecologically Sensitive Areas held on 1 December 2004 at the Federal Environment Ministry in Berlin and organised by the Federal Nature Conservation Agency (BfN) (Presentations in German)
International Nature Conservation
- Policy Brief Towards Green Cities in China and Germany englisch (2016)
- Policy Brief TEEB Country Studies: Implementation, Integration and Utilisation (2013)
- Contributions to the Conference "Making conservation count" of the Frankfurt Zoological Society from 25. - 30. September 2008
Volker Scherfose: Quality criteria and standards as a basis for the evaluation of large-scale protected areas in Germany (2013) - Reader Ecological Organic Agriculture: The Alternative for Africa (2012)
- Publication Crossing borders for nature : European examples of transboundary conservation (2011)
- Project report Fostering Synergies between Biodiversity Conservation and Food Security (2010)
Species Protection
- National Report on Bat Conservation in the Federal Republic of Germany, PDF
- Recommendations on the use of rings in bat marking activities in Germany (in German)
- Final Report from an R&D project to study echolocation behaviour of cetaceans/harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) for use in nature conservation activities (PDF file, in German)
Watercourses and Waterbodies
- Riparian Zones and the Water Framework Directive,
Contents and Summary from Issue 27in the Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt series (in German)
Order Issue 27 straight from the publisher - Riparian Zones and the Water Framework Directive,
Interim Results from an R&D project on the relevance of the Water Framework Directive to riparian zones from a nature conservation standpoint (PDF file, in German) - Various texts on water resources and waterbodies
Minimising the Impacts of River Development on Rivers and Floodplains (PDF file, in German)
Dam Management and the River Saale
Study of Groundwater Fluctuation in Riparian Zones to Assist Landscape Design and Planning: The Example of the Danube (PDF file, in German)
