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A Global Cooperation in Freshwater Biodiversity Research

BioFresh integrates research competence of 19 European and global partners. The project is coordinated by Klement Tockner, head of the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (FVB.IGB). Assistant coordinator is Jörg Freyhof, scientist at the FVB.IGB.

• Forschungsverbund Berlin, e. V. FVB.IGB, Germany
• Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, RBINS, Belgium
• Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, BOKU, Austria
• WorldFish Center (formerly ICLARM), Malaysia
• FIN, FishBase Information and Research Group, Inc.
• Institute de Recherche pour le Développement IRD, France
• Universität Duisburg-Essen, UDE, Germany
• The International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, Switzerland
• Oxford University, UOXF.AC, UK
• Universitat de Barcelona, UB, Spain
• Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung, UFZ, Germany
• University College of London, UCL, UK
• Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, UCBL, France
• Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3, UPS, France
• Ecologic GmbH, Institut für Internationale und Europäische Umweltpolitik, Ecologic, Germany
• Commission of the European Communities - Directorate General Joint Research Centre, EC-JRC, Italy
• University of Debrecen, UD, Hungary
• Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, NRM, Sweden