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    Bundesamt für Naturschutz 
    
    
  
      
    
  
    
      
  
      
      
        
                                
                    Welcome to the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. We are a higher federal authority who provide professional, scientific and administrative expertise in nature conservation and landscape management.
            
                                
                    
            
                 
     
   
 
   
    
  
    
        
      
  
  
      
      
      
      
      
  
  
    
            
    
    
          
              
      
        
          
          
            
      
  
  
    
        
          
          
            
              
                            
                              
              
                              
                  The twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change are of great concern to young people. To provide them with a space for exchange, networking, and engagement, the Federal...
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                The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) has published a new guidance for national and international authorities to assist in the...
              
            
            
           
         
       
     
   
  
  
    
      
                  
        
        
          
            
                        
                          
            
                          
                A new study commissioned by the BfN found that the wild population of golden geckos (Gekko badenii) likely decreased by 40-60 % due to...
              
            
            
           
         
       
     
   
  
  
    
      
                  
        
        
          
            
                        
                          
            
                          
                National wetland inventories were the focus of a workshop that brought together around 70 experts from all over Europe on 25 and 26...
              
            
            
           
         
       
     
   
  
  
    
      
                  
        
        
          
            
                        
                          
            
                          
                The eight states sharing the Alps are confronted with the need to put the Alpine nature on the pathway of recovery. The recent...
              
            
            
           
         
       
     
   
  
  
    
      
                  
        
        
          
            
                        
                          
            
                          
                To protect biodiversity, we must strengthen nature-friendly consumption. At a two-day international workshop at the BfN on 8-9 October,...
              
            
            
           
         
       
     
   
  
  
    
      
                  
        
        
          
            
                        
                          
            
                          
                The EU Regulation on Nature Restoration officially entered into force on 18 August. To mark the occasion, the BfN presents recommendations...
              
            
            
           
         
       
     
   
  
  
    
      
                  
        
        
          
            
                        
                          
            
                          
                The European Green Deal has brought a lot of momentum to European environmental and climate policy in recent years. How can its high level...
              
            
            
           
         
       
     
   
  
  
    
      
                  
        
        
          
            
                        
                          
                                  
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                The future of the serial World Heritage site ‘Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe’ was...
              
            
            
           
         
       
     
   
  
  
    
      
                  
        
        
          
            
                        
                          
            
                          
                Nature must not only be protected, but its current status must be urgently improved. That is the key message of a statement submitted by...
              
            
            
           
         
       
     
   
       
      
        
           
       
    
   
 
  
           
         
       
     
  
   
      
      
  
  
    
      
    
    
              
      
  
      
      
        
                      
                    
            
                                            
      Events 
  
              
                              
                    Here you can find the calendar of events and dates for the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation.