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Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz

@inadehn.bsky.social

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Ecologist interested in biological invasions, weed ecology, gardening, and citizen science. Coordinator of http://plantalert.org

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 23d

🎞️ On 27 August, a media feature on the CamAlien was shown on Belgian national television, bringing attention to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the detection of invasive alien species.
👀 Watch the video: www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/ki...
🔎 Read more: onestop-project.eu/news/camalie...

Snelle camera's met AI helpen invasieve exoten langs de waterkant te bestrijden | VRT NWS: nieuws

Altijd op de hoogte van het laatste nieuws uit binnen- en buitenland dankzij de betrouwbare en diepgaande berichtgeving van VRT NWS.

www.vrt.be

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Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz @inadehn.bsky.social · Jul 5

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Pot-plant trade is ‘hitchhiker pathway’ for invasive flatworms, say UK experts

Rise in sightings prompts call for ban on soil imports, to prevent entry of more species that eat earthworms and degrade soil

www.theguardian.com

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Nature Conservation @natureconservation.pensoft.net · Jun 20

A new article from @theguardian.com explores the spread of invasive raccoons in Europe, featuring research from our journal on their diet of endangered mussels in western Poland.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city – and are heading across Europe

Many in Kassel have embraced the animal but the EU classes it as an invasive species and ecologists are divided about what to do next

www.theguardian.com

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Jun 13

Calling young UK-based artists!

To celebrate 50 years of CITES 🌍, the Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk is hosting an art competition for 7–18-year-olds to draw or paint an endangered species. 🎨

🧪Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved...

BioArtAttack 2D

BioArtAttack 2D is a drawing and painting competition for children aged 7-18 years old to draw or paint their favourite animal, plant or fungi. The Nancy Rothwell Prize is now a sub-category for speci...

www.rsb.org.uk

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Jun 11

🌍 For the 1st time, we have a systematic global overview of how #InvasiveAlienSpecies change the environment and people's lives.

.—Prof. Sven Bacher

Discover GIDIAS: 22,000+ records on IAS impacts, now open to researchers worldwide. Watch the full story! 🎥

📖🧪 More: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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DAISY_HorizonEurope @daisyproject.bsky.social · May 17

🌼 Join us on 11 June for “Turning on Transformation” — an online workshop exploring how to put policy into practice (and practice into policy) through real-world transformative change.
🕑 14:00–15:30 CEST
🔗 Registration open tinyurl.com/zjfwzppz

#DAISYProject #PLANET4B #Biodiversity #Transformation

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Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience - CAWR @coventrycawr.bsky.social · Apr 16

Join us at Wyken Croft Nature Park on Friday 25th of April, 11am-1pm for the City Nature Challenge. Sign-up here: bit.ly/3GgCxby

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Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience - CAWR @coventrycawr.bsky.social · Apr 11

A new paper by Yitbarek Weldesemeat, who recently completed his PhD at CAWR, highlights the importance of community involvement in tree planting initiatives. Yitbarek investigated 13 tree planting schemes in Ethiopia: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Apr 7

🗓️ On 8 May, during the Iberian Week of Invasive Species, BIOPOLIS-CIBIO are hosting a OneSTOP Living Lab workshop on innovative #IAS management strategies. 👽

🔜 Learn more: onestop-project.eu/news/onestop...

#SEI2025 #Bioinvasions @eualiens.bsky.social @invasionscience.bsky.social

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Apr 4

🎉 Officially introducing the first version of our website! 🎊

Explore resources on invasive alien species management via onestop-project.eu

#InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #Bioinvasions

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Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz @inadehn.bsky.social · Mar 22

One of my favourite events of the year: the @warwickshireccc.bsky.social annual biological recorders meeting. Amazing venue, also recruiting for our OneSTOP invasive species Living Lab

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Mar 10

Immigration’s a hot topic – and it applies to non-native plants, animals and insects, all over the world | Tim Blackburn

Biodiversity is great in theory, but there are reasons to fend off invasive alien species and the knock-on effect of their presence, says professor of invasion biology Tim Blackburn

www.theguardian.com

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Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz @inadehn.bsky.social · Feb 27

Part-time postdoc position available in my group to work in the @onestop-project.eu and @daisyproject.bsky.social projects testing novel invasive species detection and monitoring tools in living labs. 1 year initially, but potential to extent.

Research Fellow in Biodiversity and Society

cugcareers.coventry.ac.uk

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Chloe MacLaren @agent-sprout.bsky.social · Jan 30

Postdoc opportunity for someone with good data wrangling and analysis skills to explore the effects of agroecological farming practices using long-term experiment datasets 🌾🌻🌦️🌐📈🤎💚🧪

At SLU in Uppsala, Sweden, with Riccardo Bommarco, Giulia Vico, and me:
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Jobs and vacancies at SLU. | slu.se

Jobs and vacancies at SLU. Read more about each job by clicking the job title. Please, follow the instructions closely when applying.

www.slu.se

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DAISY_HorizonEurope @daisyproject.bsky.social · Jan 30

🌼 Introducing Horizon Europe DAISY 🌼
DAISY will identify and test innovative socio-technological interventions, assess key enabling factors through case studies, and provide policy recommendations to advance biodiversity and equity. Led by #CoventryUniversity, funded by the #EuropeanUnion.

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EFSA Plants @efsa-plants.bsky.social · Jan 28

You can now register and attend remotely on
📆 26 February 2025, 9am - 1pm (CET)
the #PlantHealth Panel Plenary Meeting, to learn more about #RiskAssessment and especially #Commodity Risk Assessment in relation to plant health.

Please register by 21 Feb 2025 → www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/13...

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Jan 23

Results of our 14th #NewYearPlantHunt are out!
>3K hunters, 647 wild & naturalised species in bloom, c25K records: plans afoot to extend the Hunt across rest of year.
Huge thanks to all plant hunters!
Summary/ press release here: bsbi.org/download/45297
Longer report here: bsbi.org/download/45290

Dan and Ada found 3-cornered leek on their New Year Plant Hunt

20-month old Evri and her NYPH spotter sheet

Finding a Hellebore in bloom during a group hunt on the south coast

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Jan 22

As we approach the end of day 3️⃣ of our joint #GuardiasOnestopKickoff here are some afternoon session highlights:

📌 Stakeholder interview implementation on different levels
📌 Citizen science involvement through Sentinel garden schemes for #IAS
📌One-Biosecurity integrated governance for invasions

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Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz @inadehn.bsky.social · Dec 18

We found good governance practice is important to achieve sustainable outcomes from tree planting schemes. New paper with results from Yitbarek's PhD:

Investigating tree planting in Ethiopia and the extent to which scheme implementation aligns with good governance practices

Tree planting schemes are implemented to achieve social, cultural, economic, and environmental goals. Various frameworks and guidelines outline good g…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Erik Öckinger @eockinger.bsky.social · Dec 17

I have an open position (fully funded for 4 years) for a PhD candidate in a project on pollinator communities and populations in relation to forest structure and microclimate.
See more, and apply here: www.slu.se/en/about-slu....

Jobs and vacancies at SLU. | slu.se

Jobs and vacancies at SLU. Read more about each job by clicking the job title. Please, follow the instructions closely when applying.

www.slu.se

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Dec 17

Union members have threatened strike action after Coventry University announced plans to make nearly 100 academics redundant and to transfer others to a subsidiary company. Juliette Rowsell reports
bit.ly/4ghVhVv

Coventry to axe 92 jobs and transfer academics to subsidiary firm

Remaining staff will lose access to Teachers’ Pensions Scheme as union attacks ‘Scrooge playbook’ cuts

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Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz @inadehn.bsky.social · Dec 13

This would not have been possible without citizen scientists.

Rapid spread of bee-killing Asian hornets halted in UK

Action helps thwart advance of invasive yellow-legged hornet that can kill 50 bees a day and has devastated honeybee colonies in France and Italy

www.theguardian.com

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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · Nov 25

#GuardIAS (Guarding European Waters from IAS) is a new Horizon Europe project aiming to offer solutions that address every phase of the invasion process (pre-border, border, post border). This is the official BlueSky account of the project.
#bioinvasions #MarineEcology #AquaticEcology #Science 🧪

The structure of the GuardIAS project in Work Packages linked to the stages of the invasion process.

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Martin Wilkes @wilkesma.bsky.social · Nov 25

Two unique opportunities for fully funded interdisciplinary PhD research on #biodiversity #conservation
@Uni_of_Essex, blending #ecology with #sociology and #business as part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Sustainable Transitions programme

jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT611/p...

jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT503/p...

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IRIS EEZA @iris-eeza.bsky.social · Nov 18

Welcome to IRIS 🌸

IRIS is dedicated to exploring the interplay between environmental and human dimensions of alien plant invasions

Check out our new website:
iriseeza.com

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Lindy @lindywrites.bsky.social · Nov 13

What makes a plant beautiful?🌹🌺🌼
I hadn't thought about it until I was asked if I'd do this 5 minute survey for a research project www.biodiful.org#/plantiful_en
#biodiversity

Biodiful

Etude de la perception humaine de la biodiversité. Studying human perception of biodiversity.