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A team of researchers with IGB present a framework which can be used to identify and assess the animal welfare impacts of biological invasions. The study was published in Nature Communications.

A team of scientists with IGB analysed water and sediment samples from six water bodies in Berlin and the adjacent federal states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, as well as the inflow and outflow of a wastewater treatment plant in Berlin. They analysed bacteria found in these samples and detected a higher diversity and load of antibiotic resistance genes in urban samples. 

Researchers explain the ecological developments in Lake Stechlin and the latest findings in a new IGB Dossier. In it, they also provide an assessment of which follow-up actions now appear appropriate.

IGB researchers emphasise the great importance of the WFD for sustainable water management.

Only 25 per cent of newly-delineated priority areas identified for the protection of freshwater fishes in Colombia overlap with existing protected areas. This is shown by a recent study published in Diversity and Distributions.

River restoration is important, but it is often a lengthy process. A new study in Nature Communications Earth & Environment identifies areas where research and action can be integrated.

In a statement released today, the Leibniz Association's Senate recommended continued funding for IGB. This attests to the Institute's very positive development. The Senate thus agrees with the assessment of an international expert panel who conducted a comprehensive review of the Institute’s achievements. Particular emphasis was placed on the structural adjustments and scientific development of the IGB over the past seven years.

The IGB river researcher Sonja Jähnig is calling for further migratory fish species to be included in the appendices of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).