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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 2d

🚀Last month, along with #TrIAS and @b-cubed.eu, we published a policy brief on how Belgium has leveraged @gbif.org to support sustainable development, conservation and innovation for effective #biodiversity governance.
🔎 Read more: lnkd.in/d8xX9UAJ

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 2d

🌱 The 17th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions 2025 took place from 2 to 5 September in Christchurch, New Zealand, and was co-hosted by OneSTOP’s partner, Lincoln University (NZ).
🔗 Read more on: onestop-project.eu/news/onestop...

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 2d

🎉The Living Data 2025 Conference is less than a month away!
🔗Learn about the sessions OneSTOP will be part of: onestop-project.eu/news/onestop...
👉Register for the Living Data until 10 October: www.livingdata2025.com/registration...

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InvasionS @invasionscience.bsky.social · 5d

🌿 Our PI @jrvicente.bsky.social presented the @onestop-project.eu at Porto Business School, highlighting CamAlien, AMITrap and Air-DNA and the importance of collaboration for tackling biological invasions!

#InvasionS #Technology #Biologicalnvasions

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 6d

📢 Introducing Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, the Oriental Weatherfish.
💥 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies has the unusual ability to reproduce clonally.
🐠 It can also reduce aquatic insect biodiversity and compete with native fish for food and spawning areas, impacting local ecosystems.
#BioInvasions

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 8d

🐌 Today's #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Marisa cornuarietis, the Giant Ramshorn Snail.
🔴 It is an aggressive scavenger capable of consuming most vegetation indiscriminately in areas where it is abundant.
🟤 It can also reproduce rapidly, contributing to its significant impact.
#IASinEurope

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 9d

🦀 Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Faxonius immunis, the Calico Crayfish
🌊 It may impact aquatic invertebrate communities and outcompete native species where introduced.
🔴It is also a carrier of pathogens, and its burrowing activity has the potential to damage infrastructure
#SpeciesofUnionConcern

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InvasionS @invasionscience.bsky.social · 13d

📣 Don't forget we have seminar tomorrow!

🕞 15.30h GMT | 📍BIOPOLIS-CIBIO Auditorium and Online.

Come learn more about Gorgias and his amazing project 🌿

InvasionS @invasionscience.bsky.social · 14d

📢 Do you want to find out more about Gorgias and his work?

Don’t miss his seminar on 26 Sept, 15:30 GMT (BIOPOLIS-CIBIO Auditorium & Online)!

🔗 Zoom: zoom.us/j/9402853134...
🔑 Passcode: 332211

👉 Learn more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/ec...

#seminar #invasionscience #ecologicalmodelling

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InvasionS @invasionscience.bsky.social · Aug 5

💬 Already responded the survey? Share it with your network! 🌾

🔗 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

#survey #urbanplanning #sustainablecities

InvasionS @invasionscience.bsky.social · Jul 16

🌿 What terms do European cities use for green corridors—and why?

Survey (4 min) part of Ana Pinheira’s PhD (@UTAD), with Invasions (CIBIO-InBIO), Landscape Lab & Guimarães – European Green Capital 2026. 🌳

📝 forms.office.com/r/dLQQX9Q1dt

#survey #urbanplanning #sustainablecities

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Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience.bsky.social · 14d

MAJOR UPDATE: Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification also in the danger zone.

Read the new Planetary Healthcheck 2025 report here: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org

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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · 21d

Spotlight: The American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) 🐸

It can leap nearly six feet in a single bound—almost 10x its body length—and preys on everything from native frogs to birds and even bats.

#GuardIAS is using advanced eDNA to track its spread.

See our work: guardias.eu #InvasiveSpecies

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InvasionS @invasionscience.bsky.social · 14d

📢 Do you want to find out more about Gorgias and his work?

Don’t miss his seminar on 26 Sept, 15:30 GMT (BIOPOLIS-CIBIO Auditorium & Online)!

🔗 Zoom: zoom.us/j/9402853134...
🔑 Passcode: 332211

👉 Learn more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/ec...

#seminar #invasionscience #ecologicalmodelling

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InvasionS @invasionscience.bsky.social · 14d

🌿 This past month, we hosted PhD student Gorgias Aikpon (Univ. of Abomey-Calavi, Benin)! His PhD explores the ecology, distribution & management of two invasive plants: Jack in the Bush and Pignut.

During his stay, he developed species distribution models to predict their potential distributions. 🗺️

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 16d

🌿 Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Crassula helmsii, the New Zealand Pygmyweed.
It can rapidly overgrow ponds through asexual reproduction and does not die back in winter.
🌱Due to its persistent growth, it outcompetes other plants for light and resources, potentially lowering water oxygenation.

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InvasionS @invasionscience.bsky.social · 20d

🌿 The InvasionS group has launched a new website!

Discover our story, meet the team, and explore our projects, publications, and outreach.

👉 Visit: sites.google.com/biopolis.pt/...

#InvasionS #newwebsitelaunch #researchgroup

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 20d

🐌 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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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 22d

👉 Meet Cherax destructor, the Common Yabby.
🐚 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies is a generalist, adaptive, and opportunistic omnivore that can quickly invade new areas and outcompete other crayfish.
🟤 It's a prolific breeder, and its burrowing activities can cause damage to riverbanks and infrastructure.

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · 24d

🔎 The #InvasiveAlienSpecies we focus on today is Cervus nippon, the Sika Deer.
🦌 Overgrazing by these deer can lead to substantial environmental and economic damage, particularly to crops.
🔴 They are quite aggressive, directly competing and sometimes even hybridising with native red deer.

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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · Sep 9

Spotlight: The Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) 🦞

This crayfish is a major threat, known for damaging infrastructure with its burrows & carrying crayfish plague. The #GuardIAS project is tracking its spread.

Learn more: guardias.eu #InvasiveSpecies

The Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)

This crayfish can travel across dry land to find new rivers to invade.
It’s a major threat, known for damaging infrastructure with its burrows & carrying crayfish plague. The #GuardIAS project is tracking its spread.

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Sep 5

📣OneSTOP's first newsletter it out!
🐿️Meet the project and its Living Labs, and explore key topics on #IAS management.
🔗Read it here: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1281...

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OneSTOP @onestop-project.eu · Sep 5

Read our 📑 Grant Proposal now on RIO: riojournal.com/article/1653...

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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InvasionS @invasionscience.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨 Our PI @jrvicente.bsky.social @coop4cbd.eu training session is today!

Don’t miss it at 14:00 CET! 🌿

CO-OP4CBD @coop4cbd.eu · Sep 4

❗Only three sessions left in CO-OP4CBD's week of online trainings on the SBSTTA-27 agenda - two arrive today!

🕚11:00 CET - biodiversity and climate change

🔗Meeting link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

🕑14:00 CET - invasive alien species

🔗Meeting link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

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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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CO-OP4CBD @coop4cbd.eu · Sep 1

📢 A week of CO-OP4CBD online SBSTTA-27 trainings kicks off today at 11 am CET with our first session, all about the work programme of @ipbes.net!

👉 Meeting link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

👀 Full agenda for the week: coop4cbd.eu/news/co-op4c...

#Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

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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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