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    Gefährdung
    
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    Landscapes of conservation importance
    
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    Peatlands
    
    Peatlands
    
    Peatlands: Formation, conservation status and biodiversity
    
    Ecosystem services of peatlands
    
    Peatland conservation: Situation and need for action
    
    Protected Areas
    
    Protected Areas
    
    Biosphere Reserves
    
    Protected Landscape Elements
    
    Specially Protected Habitats under Section 30 of the Federal Nature Conservation Act
    
    Landscape Protection Areas
    
    National Nature Monuments
    
    National parks
    
    Nature Parks
    
    Nature Conservation Areas
    
    Wilderness areas
  - The oceans
    
    The oceans
    
    Protected areas: Overview and key facts
    
    Protected areas: Overview and key facts
    
    Borkum Reef Ground NCA
    
    Dogger Bank NCA
    
    Fehmarn Belt NCA
    
    Kadet Trench NCA
    
    Pomeranian Bay/Rønne Bank NCA
    
    Sylt Outer Reef/Eastern German Bight NCA
    
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    Fisheries and fish stocks
    
    Fisheries and fish stocks
    
    Global fisheries
    
    EU fisheries policy
    
    German fisheries in the North Sea and Baltic Sea
    
    Impacts on commercial species
    
    Impacts of bottom trawling
    
    Impacts of set net fisheries
    
    Fisheries management in marine protected areas
    
    Finding answers – ecosystem-friendly fishing gear
    
    Offshore Wind Power
    
    Offshore Wind Power
    
    Construction and operation
    
    Impacts on marine species and habitats
    
    Minimising the impacts of offshore wind farms
    
    Underwater noise
    
    Underwater noise
    
    Impulse sound
    
    Continuous sound
    
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    Minimisation
    
    Sand and gravel extraction
    
    Sand and gravel extraction
    
    Impacts
    
    Oil and gas prospecting and extraction
    
    Pipelines
    
    Submarine cables
    
    Shipping
    
    Military
    
    Aviation
    
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    Non-indigenous species
    
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    Countermeasures
    
    Other impacts
    
    Marine Monitoring
    
    Marine Monitoring
    
    Organisation and requirements
    
    Vertebrates
    
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    Neobiota
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    International Guidelines on tourism and biodiversity
    
    Ecotourism
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    Legal Framework for Agro-Genetic Engineering and Associated Procedures
- Cross-cutting topics
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    Biodiversity
    
    Facts about biodiversity
    
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    
    Structure of the CBD
    
    Instruments and mechanisms of the CBD
    
    German National Strategy on Biodiversity
    
    UN-Dekade 2011-2020
  - Climate change
    
    Climate change
    
    Naturschutz und Klimawandel – eine internationale Aufgabe
  - International cooperation
    
    International cooperation
    
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    Asia
    
    Europe
    
    Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
    
    UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
    
    UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
    
    The German MAB National Committee
    
    UNESCO Natural World Heritage
    
    Wetland conservation under the Ramsar Convention
    
    Wetland conservation under the Ramsar Convention
    
    Peatland strategies in Europe
    
    Sustainable use and nature-friendly consumption
    
    Conservation, restoration and assessment of ecosystems services
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    Reporting and Monitoring
    
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    National Report
    
    National Report
    
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    2001 National Report
    
    Arbeiten der Arbeitskreise zu den Lebensraumtyp-Komplexen
    
    Financing options for measures conducted within the context of the Habitats and Birds Directives
    
    Rechtliches
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    Statistics
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    The Nagoya Protocol
    
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