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IGB researchers reveal deficiencies in the scoping document for the Strategic Environmental Assessment on the Border River Oder.

IGB gave feedback on three interlinked European biodiversity initiatives and supports binding EU restoration targets.

Only recently, colleagues managed to sequence the genome of the sturgeon. Our doctoral student Christin Höhne has now developed an extensive overview of the immune system of sturgeon.

Today is World Water Day. In an interview, IGB doctoral student Helena Huđek and her scientific supervisor Martin Pusch report on the state of Europe’s rivers, and how to get them flowing again.

Urban green spaces are increasingly suffering from persistently warm and dry periods. Even in temperate latitudes, precipitation amounts are decreasing while evaporation rates remain high, increasing irrigation needs. An IGB team has analysed the water consumption of vegetation in Berlin.

In the last 10 years, the ecological status of Lake Stechlin has deteriorated seriously. IGB-researchers have prepared a new IGB Dossier that summarises the state of knowledge and identifies possible options for action. 

A team with Robert Arlinghaus has developed a high-resolution telemetry system for use in coastal areas. With this system, the positions and movements of hundreds of tagged fish can be determined with a sub-meter positioning. 

Conflicts of goals between transport and environmental policy: IGB gives feedback on the EU Action Programme on Inland Waterway Transport.