The increasing demand for renewable energy, especially for electricity-based consumption, and the current problems with the expansion of onshore wind…

Offshore wind turbines

New call for proposals for an R&D project published (FKZ: 3520 86 0300)

Windräder auf einem Acker

The report on the R&D project "Taking account of species' protection interests when constructing small wind turbines." has been published as a BfN…

A small wind turbine against a cloudy sky

Camera or radar systems for autonomous detection of wind-sensitive bird species (such as certain birds of prey) and automatic shutdown of wind…

Schema Kamera- und Radarsysteme an WEA zur Erfassung von Vögeln

Not all meadows are the same: Wet and humid meadows, smooth oat meadows or ryegrass pastures can promote biodiversity as ecologically valuable…

Standort einer Glatthaferwiese im Mittelgebirge

Energy, Sustainability and Society is a peer-reviewed open access journal published under SpringerOpen. The journal addresses topics ranging from…

On 26 and 27 November 2019, numerous researchers and experts from all planning levels and nature conservation authorities gathered at BfN Bonn to…

Prof Dr Beate Jessel, President of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

The Department of Landscape Planning and Development of the Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at the Technische…

Die verschiedenen Bände des Handbuches im Schuber

In November 2019, the first issue of the new publication series PraxisINFO was published, in which practice-relevant research results from the BfN…

Eine Ausgabe der Praxisinfo, im Hintergrund ein Foto von Windrädern auf einem Feld