Consulting & Expertise

LimCo International:

Consulting regarding water quality issues, water body and nature protection and climate change adaptation

As experts in aquatic ecology and ecotoxicology we are your counterpart for all issues around water, water quality and innovative water management.

The UN-decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), the German Climate change adaptation law (2023) and the German Peatland protection law (2022) serve as a good basis to protect, restore, preserve and manage aquatic and wetland biotops.

We advise and accompany you in this process at your selected sites.
We perform expert assessments on protected and alien species in aquatic ecosystems.
We support you in revitalisation and restoring your aquatic ecosystems.
We assist you in restoration or new construction of aquatic ecosystems.

Climate change affects aquatic ecosystems tremendously. It may lead to increasing floods, stormwater and drought periods.

We support you in planning and realizing heat protection plans, greening your city and establishing green fassades and green roofs.

Consulting regarding nature and human health

Humans are deeply rooted in nature, so-called biophilia. This inner connection is threatened by increasing urbanism, digitalisation, overpopulation, etc. We are loosing our connectivity to nature as natural anchor for our resilience. This might cause physical and psycological disturbances, especially in crisis situations.

Experiences in nature, wilderness experiences, relaxation and meditation in nature, these are excellent methods to re-connect us to nature and strenghten our resilience.

As certified yoga- and mental trainer (Autogenes Training, Progressive Muskelentspannung) we offer a unique combination of Nature experience and relaxation for stress removal in both acute situations as well as for longterm resilience.

GamTox Test

In-situ field test for toxicity evaluation in small streams

In the framework of our InterReg IV project (2011-2013) we developed and validated our GamTox field test in Germany and Switzerland. GamTox detects pollution pulses in agricultural areas, vineyards, below waste water treatment plants and industries. GamTox allows an ecologically relevant ecotoxicological in-situ bioassessment in small streams. As it is easy to perform, it is excellently suited in school teaching, universities, authorities and NGOs and for citizen science projects.

GamTox has already been used successfully in the following settings:

Water quality bioassessment in agricultural areas (e.g. Germany, Switzerland, Lake Constance-region, NRW, Bavaria)

Water quality survey in metal- and coal mining areas (e.g. Portugal, Germany)

Scientific research projects