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Global change poses immense challenges to our society – particularly with regard to the sustainable use and protection of our lakes, rivers and wetlands. Drought, flooding, changing land use, and ongoing urbanisation are having a dramatic impact on the quality and availability of water resources and the state of freshwater ecosystems. To better understand and address these challenges, the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) has launched a new, visionary programme area: “Predictive Ecology in the Anthropocene”. This initiative represents an important strategic development within an extraordinary item of expenditure.
The new programme area aims to improve our understanding of the complex responses of freshwater ecosystems and their diverse communities to the challenges of global change, in order to enable more accurate predictions. “By combining interdisciplinary approaches and innovative scientific methods, we aim to set priorities for protecting biodiversity and securing the vital ecosystem services that freshwater systems provide to humanity,” explained IGB Director Professor Luc De Meester.
The programme area focuses on the integration of modelling and empirical research, considering different levels of ecological organisation – from individuals to whole ecosystems – and spatial scales. This approach aims to provide deep insights into the ecological dynamics of freshwater systems, while developing important groundwork for evidence-based policy advice and sustainable freshwater management.
The Joint Science Conference of the Federal Government and the Länder decided at the end of 2024 to permanently increase the core budget of IGB, which is necessary for the implementation of this new programme area. After a three-year start-up phase, the special funding will be transferred to the core budget in the final phase of its development and will then be available for an unlimited period as additional annual funding of around 2.2 million euros. In addition, IGB will contribute more than 500,000 euros per year from its own resources. As a result, additional expertise will be built up in at least eight new research groups.
Job adverts: https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/jobs
Professor Luc De Meester, IGB: https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/profile/luc-de-meester
https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/predictive-ecology-igb-launches-new-programme-...
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