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Jordan Chetcuti (Chet-coo-tea)
@jordanchetcuti.bsky.social

@Jordan.Chetcuti
(he/him)
#Bee #Bird #Landscape #Researcher @aarhusuni.bsky.social #Ecology agent-based modelling #GIS #RemoteSensing Habitat asso/SDM's

Former @tcddublin.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social, Forest Research
Uni Leeds, Hawaii & Stirling .. more

Environmental science 80%
Geography 20%

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🎥 Discover how LiDAR is transforming ecological research.

In case you missed our recent #MAMBOwebinar on using airborne LiDAR to measure and map vegetation structure in ecological and biodiversity studies, you can now find it online.

🔗 Watch it here: youtu.be/7HBusUjSrlk?...

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🗓️ Last chance to sign up for our upcoming 2-day drone mapping course that will guide you through a real-world example workflow, mapping individual Hawthorn shrubs in a rewilding site!

Deadline to register: 10th November

🔗 www.mambo-project.eu/events/how-c...

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📖 A new #study supported by the #MAMBO project and published in Nature Plants introduces Pl@ntBERT, an AI model designed to understand the structure of plant communities.

Read all about it here: www.mambo-project.eu/news/ai-mode...

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🎥 In case you missed our recent webinar on how to approach drone-based monitoring, you can now find it online. The 1-hour webinar introduces what is involved in achieving quality drone data collection, the concept of U-nets for habitat feature mapping and much more.
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbN2...

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👉 The ninth MAMBO work package outlines the ethical requirements that the project is obligated to follow.

Our partner, Aarhus University, leads this important effort to ensure all project activities meet the ethical standards.

#MAMBOworkpackages

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🌿 Day 1 of the Living Data Conference 2025 brought together experts in biodiversity data, ecology, and policy to discuss how to transform data into actionable knowledge for conservation.

#MAMBO partners presented GeoPl@ntNet. Read all about it here: www.mambo-project.eu/news/mambo-p...

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👀 #MAMBO spotted at @pensoft.net's booth at the Living Data 2025 conference!

Pictured here is Pierre Bonnet from our partners at @cirad.bsky.social, showcasing our MAMBO brochure. If you're attending the event, make sure to stop by the @pensoft.net booth (Number 9) to learn more about our work.

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💡 The eighth MAMBO work package ensures integration of research activities and results, while managing risk factors and contingencies. It also maintains a professional and efficient coordination of legal, ethical, financial and administrative management of the project.

#MAMBOworkpackages

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📢 A recent online seminar, titled “Shifting Roles and Permeable Boundaries – Responsibility and Credit in Citizen Science,” highlighted key ethical challenges such as data integrity, inclusivity, and fair recognition of citizen contributors.

🔗 Read more here: www.mambo-project.eu/news/mambo-s...

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🗓️ Save the date for an upcoming 2-day MAMBO drone mapping course!

This course will guide you through a real-world example workflow, mapping individual Hawthorn shrubs in a rewilding site.

Find more information and register: www.mambo-project.eu/events/how-c...

#MAMBOwebinars @ukceh.bsky.social
💚 BMD will host an online User Story Workshop on 3 November, 14:00–16:00 (CEST). ➡️ Contributions will support the development of BMD’s Single Access Point.
✍️ Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔎 Explore the upcoming BMD co-design opportunities: bmd-project.eu/news/upcomin...

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⭐️ The seventh MAMBO work package led by @ufz.de provides a distinct visual project identity and is tasked with the ongoing promotion, dissemination and communication of the developments and outputs of MAMBO.

🔗 Find out more about MAMBO here: www.mambo-project.eu/about

#MAMBOworkpackages

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Our 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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💡 The sixth MAMBO work package led by @ufz.de integrates and synchronises biodiversity monitoring approaches and data in order to address geographic, taxonomic or methodological gaps.

🔗 Find out more about MAMBO here: www.mambo-project.eu/about

#MAMBOworkpackages

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⭐️ The fifth MAMBO work package trials and evaluates MAMBO’s tools (developed in WP3 and WP4) in the field and within stakeholder networks and user platforms (identified in WP1) in the seven demonstration sites of the project.

WP5 is led by @cirad.bsky.social.

#MAMBOworkpackages

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💡 Can drone-based observations provide a viable solution for monitoring habitats? From #MAMBO, we invite you to a webinar that will give insights into how to achieve quality drone data collection under resource constraints.

Full information here: www.mambo-project.eu/events/habit...

#MAMBOwebinars

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💡 The fourth MAMBO work package aims to develop consistent and standardised habitat condition metrics using state-of-the-art drone imagery or airborne LiDAR and integrating the data into a deep learning framework.

WP4 is led by @ukceh.bsky.social.

#MAMBOworkpackages

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🦕 The third #MAMBOagm concluded with an insightful visit to @naturalis.bsky.social!

Our partners had the chance to explore the museum, step into the collection labs and even come face to face with a T.rex.

A big thank you to Naturalis for the warm welcome and for hosting our meeting!

#MAMBOmeets

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The second day of #MAMBOagm concluded with presentations covering the topics of:
⏺ Code for easy access and training on GitHub
⏺ Chatting up to models, large language models in biodiversity research
⏺ Impact of image recognition on biodiversity data

#MAMBOmeets

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As part of the session, Niels Raes provided links to future initiatives, Pierre Bonnet talked about lessons learned from demonstration sites, Daniel Kissling focused on upscaling and Tom Breeze covered cost effectiveness.

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France Gerard presented an overview of the developments of MAMBO's products on airborne LiDAR and drone imagery for habitat condition monitoring.

#MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

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👀 Pierre Bonnet provided an overview of the tools for plant vegetation monitoring and the key problems they aim to solve. He also identified the end-user communities of the tools and highlighted the importance of acknowledging community-specific needs.

#MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets
@cirad.bsky.social

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🌿 Pierre Bonnet from @cirad.bsky.social took the stage with information related to MAMBO's demonstration sites and what is being learned from them.

#MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

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Partners joined to further discuss the developments needed, ethical questions surrounding the development, linking with existing and future initiatives, identifying what is being learned from demonstration sites and a talk related to upscaling, cost & benefits.

#MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

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📢 Day 2 of #MAMBOagm started with a presentation on the project’s products, building image and sound recognition for European species and making them available to European citizen scientists.

#MAMBOmeets

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Oliver Schweiger provided input from WP6 by covering the topic of upscaling, cost and benefits of the different MAMBO products.

#MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

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During a break from MAMBO product presentations, Tom August from @ukceh.bsky.social made a demonstration of the camera for monitoring nocturnal flying insect activity to MAMBO partners.

#MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

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Jes Harfeld from WP9 covered the ethics behind MAMBO products, sparking a lively discussion among project partners in relation to the relationships between humans and nature and how increased technological mediation might change this.

#MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

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🗣️ The day continues with MAMBO partners presenting in detail the WP3 tools and an overview of the developments needed during the remainder of the project.
#MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

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🤝 Niels Raes from WP3 and @bmd-project.eu coordinator led a presentation that provided an overview of the products developed since the start of MAMBO. He emphasised their reliance on EU-related biodiversity and remote sensing data platforms and provided links to relevant EU projects.

#MAMBOagm