On 26th November 2024, the DAM and NABU jointly hosted a dialogue event entitled ‘Munitions in the sea - science, pilot salvage and what next?’ at the Futurium in Berlin to discuss with representatives of the parliamentary groups how to proceed following the pilot munition clearance recently launched in the Bay of Lübeck as part of "Sofortprogramm". After welcome addresses by Dr Monika Fischer (BMBF) and Mr Dieter Janecek (Maritime Coordinator of the Federal Government for Maritime Economy and Tourism) two keynotes followed: Jens Greinert (GEOMAR) gave a first insight into the latest results of the monitoring accompanying the pilot clearance, which is being carried out by CONMAR. As well as Kim Detloff (NABU), who addressed the expectations of politics and industry after the pilot salvage from the perspective of NABU. State Secretary Dr Christiane Rohleder (BMUV), Astrid Damerow MdB (CDU), Olaf in der Beek MdB (FDP) and Dr Sebastian Schäfer MdB (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) took part in the subsequent panel discussion ‘From pilot salvage to large-scale munitions clearance in the German North and Baltic Seas’.
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Daniela Henkel, GEOMAR
@pictures Stephan Röhl