Bundesamt für Naturschutz

For the conservation of nature with its flora, fauna and habitats, a well-founded basis of data is essential. Current data shows the status of animals, plants and fungi and their differing habitats and documents the results achieved with specific conservation measures. more

Welcome to the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) is a German higher federal authority providing professional, scientific and administrative expertise in nature conservation and landscape management. We enforce nature conservation law, advise policymakers, publish research findings and data on nature and the landscape, and support and oversee nature conservation and research projects. Our responsibilities are laid down in the Act Establishing a Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfNG). BfN is one of four agencies under the auspices of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV). With a staff of around 430 and offices in Bonn, in Leipzig and on the Isle of Vilm near Rügen on the Baltic Sea coast, we cover a range of policy areas surrounding biodiversity conservation and sustainable resource use. Sabine Riewenherm has headed the agency as President since 1 September 2021. On these pages, we present the agency and our work. more

Although not all trends make sense or benefit people, this is one that does: Staying healthy or improving health with the help of nature is rightly a popular topic. Human life and human health are so closely linked with nature that we would not survive without it. It thus makes sense to use nature in finding strength and curing illness. Thus, as the basic resource for human life and human health, it also makes sense to protect nature from being destroyed. more

Welcome to the website of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. The abbreviation is BfN. This text is written in easy to understand language. more