🔴 Day 2 of the Biodiversa+ Midterm Conference is live! Today, we're looking forward to discussing impact and future directions in biodiversity research, policy, and practice. Follow along: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🗓️ 17-18 Sept.: The Biodiversa+ Midterm Conference is around the corner! We'll be reflecting on Biodiversa+’s progress & co-designing the road ahead for biodiversity research & policy. Don't miss out and join us: www.biodiversa.eu/biodiversa-m...

🚨 Call now open! Apply for #BiodivConnect, our new transnational call on restoring ecosystem functioning, integrity and connectivity. 🌍 29 confirmed countries, ~€40M available 🗓️ Pre-proposal deadline: 7 November, 12:00 CET Learn more: www.biodiversa.eu/biodivconnect

⌛ Just 2 weeks to go until the Biodiversa+ Midterm Conference! Join us on 17–18 Sept. for: 🔹 Achievements showcase 🔹 Dialogue across policy, science & practice 🔹 Co-creating the future of biodiversity research & action 👉 Agenda & registration: www.biodiversa.eu/biodiversa-m...

📅 Save the date! Want to apply for #BiodivConnect funding? Join our info webinar on 11 September: 🕐 13:00–14:25 CEST: Call content & process 🕝 14:30–15:00 CEST: National/regional sessions with specific rules 👉 Registration required: www.biodiversa.eu/biodivconnect

📢 Tender alert: We're seeking a knowledge broker. Mission: Turn findings from 22 research projects on ecosystem restoration into 4 policy briefs. 📍 Workshop in Málaga, Oct 2025 🗓️ Apply by 29 Sept. 👉 Full details: www.biodiversa.eu/2025/09/01/c...

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE: BiodivRestore Final Conference, 21-22 Oct. 2025 Explore 3 years of biodiversity restoration research! 🔹 Day 1 PM: Knowledge Hub, NRR, & biophysical processes 🔹 Day 2 AM: Trade-offs, synergies, & upscaling Online registrations: 👉 www.biodiversa.eu/2025/07/24/b...

One month to go until the launch of BiodivConnect! Have you: ✅ Started building your cross-border team? ✅ Registered for the info webinar (11 Sept)? ✅ Caught up on our guides to policy & stakeholder engagement? Come on, let’s get ready!

📝 Help shape the future of ecosystem restoration! The BiodivRestore Knowledge Hub is surveying experts & practitioners to identify key gaps, barriers & solutions. Your input will guide research & action for the decade ahead. Take the survey: ecologic.limesurvey.net/197389

How can biodiversity governance be made more inclusive, just, and effective? What can policymakers learn from bottom-up initiatives across Europe? 🌱 🤝 Join our international webinar to explore these questions on the 24th of September at 14.30 CET! 🗓️ www.bionext-project.eu/news/webinar...

🚨 We're hiring! Join us in Paris as Coordinating Operational Manager and lead financial & admin coordination for Europe’s largest biodiversity R&I initiative. 🔍 Strong project, financial & team management 🗣️ Fluent in FR & EN 📅 Apply by 7 Sept 👉 www.biodiversa.eu/2025/08/06/h...

Fist paper of the @integradiv.bsky.social project ( @biodiversa.eu ) !! conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Are you involved in aquatic ecosystem conservation or monitoring? Take part in this survey to help improve monitoring & conservation of aquatic fungi.

🔎 Our citizen science survey closes on 16 July - don't miss this chance to help us as we build up the future Science Service for Biodiversity! 👀 Contribute here: survey.hifis.dkfz.de/765688?lang=en #Biodiversity #CitizenScience #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

How can biodiversity monitoring work long-term and across borders? Our new report explores real-world lessons, challenges & strategies for building resilient, transnational schemes in Europe. 👉 www.biodiversa.eu/2025/06/30/r...

What’s next for biodiversity monitoring? Our Barcelona Science Fair unpacked tools, trust, and tech gaps. Featuring: 🔬 R&I project highlights 🔍 Deep dives into eDNA, bioacoustics, & remote sensing 💬 Expert insights on data, scaling, & more Takeaways: 👉 www.biodiversa.eu/science-fair...

🚨 Hiring: Biodiversity Monitoring Officer (Full-time | Bolzano) Join Biodiversa+ & @euracalpenv.bsky.social to build an EU-wide biodiversity monitoring network and work with leading institutions to bridge science & conservation policy. ⏳ Apply by 31 July! More info: eurac.onboard.org/jobs/XGJ2xrGM

A 7M € call for a Preparatory Action project for the EU Biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre (EBOCC) is out at ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/... #Biodiversity #Monitoring #Europe

🌾 A drought. A family farm. A buried solution? The Wheat Code – new comic from #Science2Story @biodiversa.eu Can science (and sisterhood) save the harvest? 👉 nbscomics.com/2025/06/08/t... #biodivclim #nbscomics #climatestorytelling #naturebasedsolutions

What a 2 days it’s been! #BiodivClim wrapped up with: ✅Science-packed presentations ✅Panels on NbS, policy & more ✅Knowledge Hub reflections ✅Interactive workshops 🎨And science-inspired comics! Thanks & congrats to all involved! Catch up here: www.biodiversa.eu/biodivclim-f...

📢 Call for interest! Is your organisation committed to advancing the European Biodiversity Strategy for 2030? Join our Enlarged Stakeholder Board! Help shape research, bridge science-policy-society gaps, & grow your network. 🗓️ Apply by 22 July 2025 🔗https://www.biodiversa.eu/ESB-2025-call

🌳🎸 Meet Leo — a wandering musician who walks from the Amazon to Sweden, beneath trees. One day, he vanishes… becoming part of the forest he loved. Read Forest of Forgotten Futures, @biodiversa.eu #Science2Story 👉 nbscomics.com/2025/06/08/f... #NbSComics #BiodivClim

📢 Job Alert! We're hiring a Project Officer to lead stakeholder engagement, fostering science-policy-society interaction & co-produced knowledge on biodiversity. 📍 Paris-based @frbiodiv.bsky.social‬ 🗓️ Start ASAP, apply by 11 July 2025 Details: www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/wp-content/u...

📢 #BiodivConnect coming soon! New joint research call on "restoring ecosystem functioning, integrity, & connectivity". 🔍 Focus: targets & assessment; transferability & scaling; resilience & sustainability 📅 Launch: 9 Sept 2025 🔗 Get ready: www.biodiversa.eu/BiodivConnect/

📢 Expertise needed! Contribute to the @ipbes.net‬ Monitoring Assessment: Fill out a short survey for Chapter 3 (data availability and gaps) to help map and strengthen biodiversity monitoring across scales. 📋 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🗓️ Deadline: 23 June

📢 BiodivClim Comics are here! To mark the end of the BiodivClim programme, we've teamed up with @tnoc.bsky.social‬ to turn science into stories. Explore: 🌊 Tides of Change 🌾 The Wheat Code 🌲 The Forest of Forgotten Futures 📖 www.biodiversa.eu/2025/06/09/b...

📅 Save the date! Explore solutions for biodiversity loss & climate change. Online: #BiodivClim final conference, 10–11 June 2025. Showcasing 21 project findings & the power of Nature-based Solutions for adaptation/mitigation. Info & registrations: www.biodiversa.eu/2025/05/27/b...

Did you miss our webinar "Aquatic Fungi Diversity 2025"? The video is now available: youtu.be/JowOyvd_Sks?... Share it widely! 🍄💧 Follow MoSTFun social media to keep updated about future activities: linktr.ee/MoSTFun_EU #aquaticfungi #monitoring #MoSTFun #diversity #fungi #funga @biodiversa.eu

Interested in the work of @ipbes.net‬? Join the next online stakeholder meeting: 🗓️ 4 June | 🕐 13:00–14:00 CEST 🔍 Featuring the Scenarios & Models team. A chance to connect, ask questions & get involved! Register: ipbes-net.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📅 Save the date! Explore solutions for biodiversity loss & climate change. Online: #BiodivClim final conference, 10–11 June 2025. Showcasing 21 project findings & the power of Nature-based Solutions for adaptation/mitigation. Info & registrations: www.biodiversa.eu/2025/05/27/b...

🌊 Rock sponges in the Eastern Mediterranean provide crucial deep-sea habitats. With the increasing anthropogenic impacts in deep waters, #SponBIODIV ( #BiodivProtect) highlights the urgent need for further mapping, monitoring, and conservation efforts. doi.org/10.1007/s125...

📢 Join the RESPIN webinar on 5 June, 3 PM CET! Learn how to strengthen institutional support for IPCC/IPBES engagement and hear real success stories. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #ForNature @belspo.be

❗Final chance to secure your spot at CO-OP4CBD's workshop for TEK holders on #UNCBD processes! ⏲️The deadline to register is 30 May 2025 by reaching out to this email address: [email protected] 👀More information: coop4cbd.eu/news/save-da... #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

⭐BioAgora will join the #TransformativeChange Cluster for the conference “Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Policy-Making”! 📍The event will take place in Brussels and online between 4 and 5 June. 👀Find out more and register: bioagora.eu/news/bioagor... #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

🌾 #FunProd ( #BiodivHealth) finds high-intensity farming raises yields but harms biodiversity. Bees boost rape pollination & yields, but predator-driven pest control is less clear. Ecological intensification needs tailored approaches. doi.org/10.1007/s109...

#Forests are good for you! 🌳🌲🌳 paper led by Loic Gillerot with our wonderful @biodiversa.eu Dr.Forest consortium @idiv-research.bsky.social @ufz.de @melissamarselle.bsky.social

🐟 Rhodolith beds off Brazil's coast boost fish density, biomass & richness, vital for marine ecosystems. But #RESTORESEAS ( #BiodivRestore) data from Costa das Algas Marine Protected Area shows threats from mining & trawling, calling for stronger protection. doi.org/10.1007/s412...

🧽 #SponBIODIV ( #BiodivProtect) finds sponge reproduction may be influenced by microbiomes. Early oocyte development in some species aligns with microbial shifts linked to nutrition and immunity. doi.org/10.1128/mbio...

🛣️ #ASICS ( #BiodivClim) shows roads disrupt mountain ecosystems, altering soil, vegetation, and fungal communities. They favour generalist fungi and reduce plant-fungal network complexity by 66-95%. doi.org/10.1111/mec....

❄️ Alpine glaciers are retreating, impacting plant biodiversity and ecosystem services. #PrioritIce ( #BiodivProtect) shows this causes up to a 7x decrease in plant contributions to air quality, soil health, and nutrient regulation. doi.org/10.1002/pei3...

The Horizon Europe Work Programme 2025 is now available. Join the Info Days on 20-21 May to explore funding opportunities! 👉 rea.ec.europa.eu/funding-and-...

A new report shares insights from #EUfunded projects for policy makers drafting National Restoration Plans to restore ecosystems, habitats, and species. It focuses on: - financing restoration - monitoring progress - engaging stakeholders Read more 🔗 europa.eu/!YfxxfW

🌾 #MICROSERVICES ( #BiodivClim) shows drought boosts soil EPS—protective sugars & proteins—early in wheat growth, but biodynamic soils divert more rhizodeposits and mucilage to microbial biomass over EPS, hinting at better drought buffering. doi.org/10.1007/s003...

🌍 The #IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment is more than a report, it’s a call to action. 🚀 Watch the replay of our May 8 webinar where 100+ change makers explored how boundary organizations can turn insights into systems change for sustainability. 🎥 transformationscommunity.org/turning-insi...

📢New publication alert! 🔄A team of BioAgora researchers have co-authored a paper on the networks and actors underpinning the #biodiversity science-policy-society interface in Europe. 👀Find out more: bioagora.eu/news/new-bio... #SciencePolicy #ForOurPlanet #ForNature

🪸 #RESTORESEAS ( #BiodivRestore) reports 1st local extinction of coral Phyllogorgia dilatata on Trindade Island. Models predict 63% habitat loss by 2100 due to climate change, with shifts in temperature, oxygen, & salinity. Urgent need for protected areas! doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

🌿 Geospatial tools like Depth to Water Index (DTW) can guide peatland rewetting in agriculture, aiding climate and biodiversity goals. In Finland, #PRINCESS ( #BiodivClim) identified 135,000 ha of peat soils for rewetting. doi.org/10.1016/j.je...

The video of our webinar co-organised with @geobon.org "Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) - introductory webinar" is freely available: youtu.be/-e9btseNHpw?... Please share it widely! #aquaticfungi #monitoring #MoSTFun #EBVs #fungi #funga @biodiversa.eu

💧 Temporary freshwater ponds are crucial for species dispersal and biodiversity. In Madrid, #ResPond ( #BiodivRestore) finds seasonality, pond depth, and connectivity to permanent ponds drive macroinvertebrate assemblages. doi.org/10.1080/2044...

🍓 #OBServ ( #BiodivScen) highlights the potential of wild Patagonian strawberries. Though smaller, they’re richer in antioxidants and beneficial compounds than cultivated ones. Insights into domestication and future breeding. doi.org/10.1007/s441...