Business trip report, Germany, Szydlowska

From 15 to 18 June, a business trip was undertaken to the University of Potsdam, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, Research Group Quantitative Conservation Biology, led by Prof. Dr. Elias Ehrlich.

The visit was made as a follow-up in connection with a submitted GAČR (outgoing) project proposal. Its purpose was to present our faculty and the research activities of the Laboratory of Freshwater Ecosystems, and to discuss opportunities for future collaboration. The business trip also included a field excursion to sites along the lower course of the Havel River, which is the focal study area included in the project proposal. Several sections of the river have already undergone restoration measures as part of the “Large-Scale Nature Conservation Project Lower Havel Lowlands” by NABU.