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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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B-Cubed Project @b-cubed.eu · 24d

📬 Subscribe to BMD's newsletter and learn the latest news about #BiodiversityData

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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Quentin Groom @cabbageleek.bsky.social · 27d

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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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Sep 5

Look out for OneSTOP at #LivingData2025!

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”.

blog.pensoft.net

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B-Cubed Project @b-cubed.eu · Sep 4

Look out for B-Cubed materials at #LivingData 2025 in October 👀

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”.

blog.pensoft.net

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Sep 4

🐠 Our sister project @guardias.bsky.social organises a virtual conference on prevention of #InvasiveAlienSpecies introduction and biosecurity risk assessment
📑 Submit your abstracts by 12 September
👉 Register and learn more: guardias.eu/welcome-to-t...

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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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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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Sep 2

📢 CO-OP4CBD is organising online training sessions this week!
Join the session on Invasive Alien Species, co-led by our OneSTOP team member @jrvicente.bsky.social!
🗓️ 4 September 2025
🕑 14:00–15:00 CET
💻 Online (Teams)
👉 Find out more: www.linkedin.com/events/co-op...

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 @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 @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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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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Quentin Groom @cabbageleek.bsky.social · Aug 18

David cooks amazing blueberry pancakes. All you need to do is collect him the berries 🫐

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

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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.

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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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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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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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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😁
🦌🐟🐻🦦🌼🌲🛶⛺

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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B-Cubed Project @b-cubed.eu · Jun 27

📢 Prepare for the NetworkNature Annual Event 2025: "Choose Nature" in September!
Learn more about how to attend and contribute to the event ⬇️
#NetworkNature#ChooseNature #NatureBasedSolutions #Biodiversity #GreenEconomy #NaturePositive

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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All Data 4 Green Deal @ad4gd.eu · Jun 3

🚀 Curious about the future of the Common European #GreenDeal Data Space? #GDDS Join us in Vienna on June 24–25 for a joint event with AD4GD, B-CUBED, FAIRiCUBE & USAGE — close to the @esa.int #LivingPlanetSymposium 🌍

ℹ️ More info & Registration: actiongroup.greendealdata.space/gdds_event.htm

GDDS: Three Years of Experience in EuroGEO

Join the event in Vienna on innovative data governance and tools for the Green Deal Data Space.

actiongroup.greendealdata.space

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B-Cubed Project @b-cubed.eu · Jun 25

Updates from our joint event in Vienna, continuing today - actiongroup.greendealdata.space/gdds_event.htm

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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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Jun 25

Our #LivingLab in #Belgium has officially kicked off with a workshop 👏

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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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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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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