The Bavarian Forest National Park has been a holder of the European Diploma since 1986. Protected areas are awarded the diploma for their excellent scientific, cultural and aesthetic qualities

      Council of Europe

The Bavarian Forest National Park was awarded the certificate for exemplary transboundary cooperation together with the neighbouring Šumava National Park in 2009
      EUROPARC Federation: certified transboundary parks
      Evaluation Report

Bavarian Innovation Prize for ‘boundless forest wilderness’ in the bear region of the Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau – Neuschönau, Eastern Bavaria


      Bavarian Innovation Prize 2006

2006/2007 award for the project “People and Wilderness”



      UN Decade – Education for sustainable development

2008/2009 award for the project “Wilderness Camp at Falkenstein”



      UN Decade – Education for sustainable development

2011 award for the Wilderness Camp at Falkenstein: “Themed and Country Huts as starting points for education for sustainable development”


      Werkstatt – 2011 project

2011 award for educational work in the Bavarian Forest National Park



      Environmental Education Bavaria