For example, the DNK had proposed that the IUBS plays a part in the ABS programme (Access and Benefit Sharing) at the Rio Convention on Biological Diversity.
The speaker of the scientific societies in the Verband Biologie, Biowissenschaften und Biomedizin in Deutschland e.V.
Since June 2019: The general assembly decides on all activities and issues and elects the persons of the executive board.
The DNK collaborates with and is a cooperating member of the Verband Biologie, Biowissenschaften und Biomedizin in Deutschland e.V.
The chairpersons of the DNK, (2008-2012: Prof. Dr. Ralf Reski; 2012-219: Dr. Regine Jahn) are members of the advisory board of the VBIO.
The German Research Foundation (DFG) supports the DNK financially by e.g. covering travelling costs for the attendance of the annual general assemblies.