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Quentin Groom
@cabbageleek.bsky.social
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Botanist at Meise Botanic Garden 🍀 Exploring biodiversity, data, and the interplay between nature and technology. Advocate for conserving the planet’s green heritage. Opinions my own.

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Environmental science 37%
Biology 21%
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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 21d
🐌 Today's #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Cipangopaludina chinensis, the Chinese Mystery Snail.
🟢 It can outcompete many native snails, alter water quality and algae diversity, and act as a potential parasite host.
⚪ There are also concerns about it clogging water pipes and attacking fish eggs.
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Quentin Groom @cabbageleek.bsky.social · 28d
Herbaria aren’t dusty cupboards full of dead plants. They’re global data engines for AI, genomics & conservation.

Our new paper argues: digitisation ≠ replacement. Physical + digital collections together are the future.

👉 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
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bmd-project.eu
Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · Sep 5
Something exciting is coming soon… 🥳
📢 BMD’s first newsletter is just around the corner!
📬 Subscribe to receive it directly in your inbox and learn the latest project updates: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/118442...
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RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) journal @riojournal.com · Sep 3
🆕 Modern #technologies & #CitizenScience called to the rescue at the @onestop-project.eu to deliver methods for identification, early detection and surveillance of #invasive alien #animals and #plants.

📑 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....
📌 Funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social.

#Science4EU
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pensoft.net
Pensoft @pensoft.net · Sep 3
📢 Shoutout to ALL packing up for #LivingData2025!

📌 In our session, you'll find how multiple @horizoneu.bsky.social projects are carrying on the legacy of their predecessors in an excellent example of knowledge transfer done right✅!

👌We'll also talk about #science #communication!

#DatosVivos2025
Pensoft to co-host a session on knowledge transfer & continuity at Living Data 2025
Pensoft is a co-organiser of a four-hour session, titled: “Long Live Biodiversity Data: Knowledge Transfer and Continuity across Research Projects”.
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coop4cbd.eu
CO-OP4CBD @coop4cbd.eu · Aug 20
🗓️ Did you save the dates? The CO-OP4CBD trainings on SBSTTA-27 agenda items are coming in less than two weeks!

💚 Join us for seven insightful sessions on crucial biodiversity topics between 1 and 5 September!

👀 Find out more: coop4cbd.eu/news/co-op4c...

#Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet
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onestop-project.eu
OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Sep 1
🦫 The next #InvasiveAlienSpecies of Union concern is the Castor canadensis, or the American Beaver.
🌿 It directly competes with the native European beaver, occupying the same ecological niche.
🟤 With its higher reproduction rate, it increases the risk of extinction for the native beaver species.
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GBIF @gbif.org · Sep 1
🌍 Why countries need GBIF: lessons from Belgium

A recently published policy brief provides details how Belgium has leveraged GBIF to support sustainable development, conservation and innovation for effective #biodiversity governance.

🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
brown and blue graphic with white text and logos overlaying. Text reads why countries need the global biodiversity information facility: lessons from belgium
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onestop-project.eu
OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Aug 29
🏵️ Today's #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Broussonetia papyrifera, the Paper Mulberry.
🌲 This plant is a swift coloniser of disturbed areas, including forests.
🍂 It can form extensive, dense stands through spreading root systems, and its pollen is highly allergenic.
#SpeciesofUnionConcern #IASinEurope
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onestop-project.eu
OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Aug 29
👀 Stay informed about all the ways we support #IAS management in Europe.
📬 Subscribe to OneSTOP's newsletter: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/128157...
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Quentin Groom @cabbageleek.bsky.social · Aug 18
David cooks amazing blueberry pancakes. All you need to do is collect him the berries 🫐
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David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · Aug 8
Wabakimi with @cabbageleek.bsky.social, James Macklin and my son, Thomas was next level. Trip report on 8 day adventure to come soon.
Overlooking a wickedly difficult portage down the Seven Sisters One of the Seven Sisters in Wabakimi Crocs in the Wabakimi evening. Campsite on the Collins River.
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David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · Aug 17
Retrieving the dewy canoe while the boy sleeps.

Photo by @cabbageleek.bsky.social
A red canoe escaping the push of one of the seven sisters waterfalls on the Kopka River near Wabakimi Provincial Park in Western Ontario, Canada.
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David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · Aug 8
Wabakimi with @cabbageleek.bsky.social, James Macklin and my son, Thomas was next level. Trip report on 8 day adventure to come soon.
Overlooking a wickedly difficult portage down the Seven Sisters One of the Seven Sisters in Wabakimi Crocs in the Wabakimi evening. Campsite on the Collins River.
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Corey Callaghan @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social · Jul 28
Key findings!
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Corey Callaghan @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social · Jul 28
Our new paper in BioScience shows how iNaturalist data is powering research across the globe, with use growing 10x in 5 years and spanning 128 countries & 638 families of life.

Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bios...

@ifas.ufl.edu @inaturalist.bsky.social

#Biodiversity #iNaturalist #OpenScience
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David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · Jul 7
In the 3 week stretch now to an epic, once-in-a-lifetime, 8-day canoe trip in the Wabakimi, Ontario, Canada wilderness with @cabbageleek.bsky.social, my son and James Macklin. Fingers crossed we’re safe, strong, and healthy between now and then because we’ll all need it. 🛶
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tettris.eu
TETTRIs @tettris.eu · Jan 28
Ana Casino, @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org Executive director, introducing @alettabonn.bsky.social from EuropaBON, remotely joining #TETTRIsEU #AHM2 with her speech on Science and Policy needs for an EU #biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre.

#taxonomy #policymaking
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Quentin Groom @cabbageleek.bsky.social · Jul 7
It's going to be amazing!
I'm getting really excited and I will be being extra careful for the next three weeks to ensure nothing gets in the way of enjoying the adventure😁
🦌🐟🐻🦦🌼🌲🛶⛺
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David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · Jul 7
In the 3 week stretch now to an epic, once-in-a-lifetime, 8-day canoe trip in the Wabakimi, Ontario, Canada wilderness with @cabbageleek.bsky.social, my son and James Macklin. Fingers crossed we’re safe, strong, and healthy between now and then because we’ll all need it. 🛶
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guardias.bsky.social
GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · Jul 4
We’re excited to invite you to the inaugural GuardIAS Virtual Conference, part of a series hosted by the GuardIAS Project &
INVASIVESNET, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme.
Registration is free – sign up today 👇
guardias.eu/welcome-to-t...
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b-cubed.eu
B-Cubed Project @b-cubed.eu · Jul 4
📢B-Cubed is featured in Open Access Government’s July edition!
👉Read the feature: lnkd.in/d36YfrG8
#BiodiversityData #DataCube @cabbageleek.bsky.social
@egu.eu @gbif.org
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tnoc.bsky.social
The Nature of Cities @tnoc.bsky.social · Jun 27
🌿 We at The Nature of Cities are proud to be part of the #NetworkNature consortium — and we’ll be at the Annual Event 2025 in Brussels!

📅 16 Sept | 📍 Brussels
🌍 Choose Nature. Choose Change.

🔗 Register and join us: bit.ly/3HKqXX7
ℹ️ Info: bit.ly/4jZ7yPw

#NatureBasedSolutions
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adriaenstim.bsky.social
Tim Adriaens @adriaenstim.bsky.social · Jun 24
Meet the @onestop-project.eu #LivingLab #Belgium kick off @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social selecting sites and species for replicating innovations @inbo.be
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ad4gd.eu
All Data 4 Green Deal @ad4gd.eu · Jun 24
Let's go! Slides ready, speakers prepared and audience engaged. Our final event in #Vienna has just started! We are sharing 3 years of experience developing the Green Deal Data Space with the EuroGEO Action Group.

Katharina Schleidt (DataCove, FAIRiCUBE) welcomed the participants and intr
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Quentin Groom @cabbageleek.bsky.social · Jun 24
This afternoon I follow up with a talk on the interoperability of biodiversity data with other environmental data.
Room 0.96/0.97.
Get there early, the room is too small for the demand.
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b-cubed.eu
B-Cubed Project @b-cubed.eu · Jun 24
🚀On 22 June 2025, B-Cubed hosted a hands-on session on “Biodiversity Data Cubes for Earth Science: From SQL Queries to Standardized Geospatial Output” at the Living Planet Symposium 2025.
@esa.int @cabbageleek.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social @egu.eu
#DataCubes #BiodiversityData
#LPS25
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onestop-project.eu
OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Jun 23
🌿 #eDNA is opening new possibilities for monitoring plant biodiversity 🧬

At the #METAPLANTCODE mid-term meeting, #OneSTOP coordinator Quentin Groom (@cabbageleek.bsky.social) joined discussions on how to make plant eDNA data more reusable and accessible.

🔗 Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/cfwtxdak
Environmental DNA and the future of plant monitoring
OneSTOP’s coordinator, Quentin Groom, had the opportunity to attend the METAPLANTCODE mid-term meeting as a guest, appreciating the chance to follow the discussions and learn more about the ...
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Alejandro Ordonez @anordonez1.bsky.social · Jun 18
At our #ResearchConference @tokehoye.bsky.social giving our #keynote on the exciting world of automated monitoring
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neobiota.pensoft.net
NeoBiota @neobiota.pensoft.net · Jun 13
IUCN researchers have identified where and how targeted action against invasive alien species can have the highest conservation impact in the EU.

Read more on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/06/13/t...
Tackling EU extinction risks with invasive species management
A new study identifies where and how targeted action can have the highest conservation impact.
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onestop-project.eu
OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Jun 12
🎞️ New #IntroducingOneSTOP video❗

Lien Reyserhove (@inbo.be) explains how #OneSTOP supports timely access to #IAS data in usable formats, aligned with FAIR principles ⏱️

📽️ Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF53...

#Bioinvasions @eualiens.bsky.social @guardias.bsky.social
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Quentin Groom @cabbageleek.bsky.social · Jun 9
Digitised specimens fuel global science, but local communities are often left behind. To halt biodiversity loss, countries must work together, investing in inclusive research & capacity building. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
Capacity building needed to reap the benefits of access to biodiversity collections
Global conservation efforts increasingly depend on digitised natural history collections, yet the benefits of this digital data are not equally shared. We analysed biodiversity specimens and citation...
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