📜 BioAgora has released a new brochure that details our efforts to map out the landscape of actors, instruments and networks at the biodiversity science-policy interface! 👀 Access it here: bioagora.eu/storage/app/... #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

@biodiversa.eu is pleased to announce a call for tenders for a knowledge broker to produce a series of four policy briefs. The candidate will be responsible for translating scientific results from 22 funded projects under the BiodivRestore joint call into clear, actionable messages for policymakers.

Day 2 of the Biodiversa+ Midterm Conference has begun with key discussions about the future of #biodiversity research & policy! Stay tuned for exciting developments & for the joint panel on key collaboration of CO-OP4CBD, @biodiversa.eu , @bioagora.eu & RESPIN projects! #Science4Biodiversity

Day 11 - Departing Peyresq. 🌄 Following the conclusion of the official programme, we said goodbye to #AlternetSummerSchool 2025 and the Peyresq community.

Day 10 of #AlternetSummerSchool was the final official day of the 2025 programme--and time for the students to unveil their collaborative project ("Transform-Alps: Promoting sustainable futures in Alpine regions").

Day 9 of #AlternetSummerSchool: Talks on human-wildlife conflict from Hanna Pettersson and defining your power position from Sander Jacobs. Then, working group sessions and an aperitif talk on the case for #degrowth from Erik Gomez-Baggethun.

Day 8 of #AlternetSummerSchool featured a talk on hope, joy, resistance, and transformations by Sybille van den Hove, a discussion of Peiresc Mundi’s initiative to support Ukrainians by our host, Gabrielle Auger, group mapping exercises, and a free afternoon for students to enjoy their surroundings.

🐝✨ Did you know #HoneyBees can help track “forever chemicals” in our environment? A new study from the Hutton and University of Graz shows #bees are effective bioindicators for #PFAS contamination, offering a natural way to monitor pollution. More: ow.ly/tzj650WUugK

#AlternetSummerSchool day 7: Talks by Nicolas Dendoncker (“A geographer’s journey on how we live on planet earth and how we could live better”), Bruno Locatelli (“Social-ecological transformations in Peru”), and Anne Teller of the EU Commission (“Life at the #biodiversity science-policy interface”).

📢 Between 23-25 September, CO-OP4CBD will support @ec.europa.eu for the official launch of the new European Subregional Technical and Scientific Cooperation Support Centre! 👀 Find out more about the milestone event here: coop4cbd.eu/news/co-op4c... #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

🌍 As part of #CWNE25, we invite you to a Farming Taster Day at #Glensaugh Research Farm: 🚶‍♂️ Farm tour showcasing climate-positive farming 🌱 Learn about peatland restoration, GHG reduction & agroforestry 📅 25th September | 🕙 Tours 10am & 2pm More: ow.ly/NhJx50WTQu5

Day 6 of #AlternetSummerSchool was field trip day! ⛰️☀️ We experienced a breathtaking hike to Lac d’Allos in Parc National du Mercantour, a quick stop at a regional products shop in Colmars, and a visit to a brewery (run by the former local mayor).

Day 5 of #AlternetSummerSchool: A talk on #climate change from the founder of the summer school, Wolfgang Cramer, and a talk on #agriculture and #biodiversity protection from first-time speaker Lynn Dicks—plus group work progress, a discussion session, a blood moon lunar eclipse, and a birthday! 🌕🌑

Day 4 at the #AlternetSummerSchol: A very full programme that started with a talk and exercise on negotiating multifunctional landscapes, led by by Francis Turkelboom and Mario Torralba; included a talk on art and science by Steve Redpath; and ended with a visit to the historic village church. ⛪

#AlternetSummerSchool Day 2: Featuring student poster sessions, an introduction to the group projects students will work on throughout the course of the week, and a talk (and wine tasting!) about viticulture and global change by Sebastian Candiago. ☀️

🏁A week of CO-OP4CBD online trainings on SBSTTA-27 topics is coming to a close! 🕙 10:00 am CET - scientific and technical needs to support the implementation of the #KMGBF 🔗 Meeting link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi... #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

#AlternetSummerSchool 2025 - day 1 ☀️ featuring student arrivals, orientation, getting to know you games, a talk by Peter Bridgewater, and a tour of the village led by Jean de Peyresq!

⭐This year's Alternet conference hosted a number of insightful sessions that facilitated important discussions on the future of biodiversity. 👀Read on for a recap of one of them, a reflective dialogue on transformative change: #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

🗓️ 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

📢CO-OP4CBD will organise a training on Technical and Scientific Cooperation and the Clearing-House Mechanism in the context of the UN CBD! 🗓️18-20 November 2025 📍Málaga, Spain ✍ Register here: forms.office.com/pages/respon... #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

👂Have you heard? BioAgora has been featured in the 2025 #HorizonEurope Work Programme! 🤝 @ec.europa.eu has singled us out for the pathways to impact we offer as we build the Science Service for Biodiversity! 👀 Engage with us now: bioagora.eu/news/bioagor... #Science4Biodiversity #ForOurPlanet

Among the many inspiring sessions at this year's Alternet Conference was an interactive event co-organised by Eszter Kelemen and Kármen Czett of ESSRG, linked to the PLANET4B Project and its transformative change stories. Read more: www.essrg.hu/en/shaping-b...

🌱 As part of #CWNE25, join the team behind the Climate-Positive Farming Initiative at Glensaugh for a day of farm walks and indoor displays. 🚶 Each walk lasts 90 minutes – sturdy footwear is recommended! 📅 25th September | 🕙 Tours 10am & 2pm More: ow.ly/5vIp50WHr2V

📑The Second Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by @ipbes.net has found its co-chairs! 👀 Find out more about the selected experts and the overall significance of the international endeavour they will be presiding over below: #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

The 2025 Alternet Summer School begins in just over two weeks! ⛰️☀️ Here's a preview of this year's programme and featured speakers: alterneteurope.eu/wp-content/u...

💚 The third A4Cap Assembly, organised by our partner @alterneteurope.bsky.social, took place in June 2025 in the Belgian city of Spa. 🙌 CO-OP4CBD was represented by members of Alternet and @pensoft.net who showcased our sister initiative @bioagora.eu. 👀 Find out more: coop4cbd.eu/news/co-op4c...

🎉 In June 2025, BioAgora was showcased at the 2025 A4Cap Assembly, organised by our partners from @alterneteurope.bsky.social in Spa, Belgium. 👉 The project was represented by partners from Alternet, ESSRG, @inrae-france.bsky.social and @pensoft.net 👀 Find out more: bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...

Save the date! The International Science Fete 2025 (organized by CIRAD-INRAE-IRD and the Permanent Representation of France to the UN) will take place on November 28 as a webinar from 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. CET. The theme of this 5th edition is "Feeding the world in 2050 while preserving the planet."

For 20 years, dedicated citizen scientists have been active in the "Butterfly Monitoring Germany" (TMD) project coordinated at @ufz.de to record the occurrence of butterflies. Since the start of butterfly monitoring, nearly 4.4 million butterflies have been counted. www.ufz.de/index.php?en...

The first eLTER Science Conference was a celebration of transdisciplinary inquiry, long-term environmental research, and international collaboration-with over 350 participants coming from more than 30 countries in Europe and beyond. #eLTER2025SC 🌍 #eLTERcommunity 🩷 🔗 www.elter-ri.eu/news/highlig...

OPPORTUNITY 📢 @eklipse-europe.bsky.social is inviting experts from different fields to review the methods protocol draft developed by the Eklipse Scoping Group, which is working to examine expected performance of BioValue project outputs. Deadline: August 1st 2025

✨ Vacancy: The PLANES Lab at the University of Trento is offering a 2-year postdoctoral research position, partly funded by the BioAgora Project. The position focuses on urban ecosystem services and nature-based solutions in planning and policy-making processes.

📢 The next CO-OP4CBD online workshop is set for 29 August! 🔄 Integrating traditional and indigenous knowledge in global #biodiversity decision-making will be the topic at the heart of the event. 👀 Find out more and register via the QR code below: coop4cbd.eu/news/co-op4c...

In this study from our partners at @inbo.be, tracking data on the seaward migration of eels from across Europe were brought together to gain a holistic insight into their migration timing and speed. 🐟🐟🐟 Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Contribute to effectively protecting marine biodiversity--respond to the Eklipse Call for Experts! 🌊

A five-year Citizen Science (CS) project launched at EMÜ, Tartu, funded by the Estonian Research Council explores how community-driven initiatives can transform environmental governance. Read more from our partners at IAES: pk.emu.ee/en/CS4Change

✨ This month, the latest Alternet for Capacity Building (A4Cap) Assembly took place in Spa, Belgium! 🤝 A network of alumni, early-career researchers and project representatives came together to discuss biodiversity research and transdisciplinary education. #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

🙌 We congratulate our partners from Alternet on the successful organisation of the 2025 A4Cap Assembly! 🦾 The event brought together alumni, early-career researchers, project representatives and other key stakeholders to Belgium earlier this month. #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

We were at @alterneteurope.bsky.social's #AlternetConference2025! Our two contributions were on: participatory approach to understanding #transformation processes; system thinking approach for transformative change for #biodiversity ( #PLANET4B project). More 👇 sustainablecz.org/2025/06/17/2...

The 2025 A4Cap (Alternet for Capacity Building) Assembly for Alternet alumni and early-career researchers was the third official network assembly and fourth research and capacity building workshop to be held in Spa, Belgium. 🌳

The 2025 #A4CapAssembly in Spa, Belgium has officially begun! ☀️ Alternet early career researchers and summer school alumni will be convening all week for capacity building, skills sharing, joint research projects, and networking.

Featured in our Spring Newsletter: Researchers from @hutton.ac.uk have identified a fungus found in wild grasses that could help with reducing chemical inputs to pasture and cereal crops. This could be relevant to farmers across the UK and also Europe. 🌾 Learn more: www.hutton.ac.uk/could-a-hidd...

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During the 2025 Alternet Conference, participants across multiple sessions reflected on two critical questions: (a) What actions are essential to achieve transformative change for biodiversity? and (b) What are the main barriers preventing it? Read more: alterneteurope.eu/updates/conf...

🌍 It’s #BiodiversityDay2025! Let’s reimagine a world where people & nature thrive in harmony. Biodiversity = health, food, future. Let’s protect what protects us. @unbiodiversity.bsky.social #HarmonyWithNature #EklipseEurope #SustainableDevelopment #biodiversityday

Several EU-funded projects—including @restoreideu.bsky.social and ZOE— as well as Alternet have joined forces to explore how a future Knowledge Exchange Platform can best serve biodiversity, restoration, and zoonotic disease prevention stakeholders. Read more: alterneteurope.eu/updates/news...

What a week! We're grateful to all the contributors who made #AlternetConference2025 a success. We'd especially like to thank our partners at CESAM for hosting this event and showing us around beautiful Aveiro. Let's keep making progress towards achieving transformative change for biodiversity! 🌿

🎊Together with our partners from @bioagora.eu and RESPIN, we co-hosted a joint session at this year's conference of @alterneteurope.bsky.social! 👀Find out more: coop4cbd.eu/news/annual-... #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

👀 Read all about our joint session with @coop4cbd.eu and RESPIN at the annual conference of @alterneteurope.bsky.social in our latest website article! 🔗 bioagora.eu/news/bioagor... #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

Fiona Nevzati of Alternet shares key messages at our closing session. And that’s a wrap on #AlternetConference2025! ☀️