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In March 2019, IGB researchers and technicians sampled the Spree and its tributaries. They have been doing this once a year since 2015, from the source in Upper Lusatia to the estuary into the Havel. The background is the contamination with sulphate and iron from the brown coal mining regions of Lusatia.

Robert Arlinghaus and international colleagues present a five-point plan to integrate recreational fishers into fisheries and nature conservation policy.

As if they had arranged to meet, a television team and a radio reporter, both from rbb, visited the LakeLab today. The team around Boris Römer filmed a video for the evening television series zibb - Zuhause in Berlin & Brandenburg (At home in Berlin & Brandenburg) and Bernd Dreiocker recorded the original sounds for a feature on rbb kulturradio.

Freshwaters play a central role when it comes to recreational activities. Markus Venohr and Christian Wolter are investigating how such activities affect the ecosystems of lakes and rivers in the new AQUATAG project.

Christian Wolter from IGB and an international team developed a conceptional framework to assess the resilience of river ecosystems.

March 14th is International Day of Action for rivers and against dams.

Researchers from IGB have examined how effectively Natura 2000 protects listed habitat types in Germany. They also compared Natura 2000 with a hypothetical, ideal network. 

Who wouldn't wish for a varied working environment, no boredom in your daily routine and a lot of new knowledge?  I experience all this during my Training position for office management at IGB.