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On behalf of the German federal and state governments, the LMBV is in charge of managing the legacy of lignite mining in Lusatia and Central Germany, as well as potash, spar and ore mining in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. The members of the advisory board advise the company on various water management issues related to the use of mining sites, the restoration of post-mining landscapes and the impending structural change resulting from the end of coal mining. The experts also give their advice on research needs and the allocation of funds.
Michael Hupfer will strengthen the committee's expertise in aquatic ecology and biogeochemistry. “The exchange of information and data is valuable for both the IGB and the LMBV, as our research work on the Spree is closely linked to the processes in the mining region of Lusatia,” he said. In the past, Hupfer has been involved in practice-oriented forecasts on the water quality of open-cast mining lakes in the Central German mining region, the DFG Transregio Collaborative Research Centre “Initial Ecosystems” and the graduate school “Signatures of severly disturbed landscapes – case study mining landscapes” at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. He also holds an honorary professorship for "Aquatic Biogeochemistry" there since 2022.
