The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) is the federal government's central authority for national and international nature conservation.

BfN supports the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) in all questions of nature conservation and landscape management, performs tasks in the enforcement of nature conservation law, including marine and species conservation and genetic engineering, and supports the conservation of nature and landscape.

In order to perform these tasks, BfN conducts scientific research and supports various funding programs.