WoRMS and WRiMS are currently present at the @onestop-project.eu datathon in Brussels (25-27/11). Goals: (1) updating national species lists of (invasive) alien species (IAS) and (2) the generation of an aggregated list of IAS in Europe. onestop-project.eu

OneSTOP’s first datathon kicked off today 🤖 📈 Experts have gathered in Brussels to advance national species checklists in Romania, Cyprus, Portugal, and Belgium; and pinpoint the needs and priorities of their users More highlights and key takeaways from the sessions will be shared soon 🔜

📢 Take part in the consultation on an IUCN strategy for invasive alien species until 19th December! 👉 IUCN wants to develop a strategy to guide the scaling-up of action on IAS across the EU. 🔗 You can participate by filling this online form in English, Spanish, or French: lnkd.in/erz3vvtd

Horizon @onestop-project.eu aims to improve #invasivespecies detection & prioritisation & data driven workflows & stakeholder engagement @cabbageleek.bsky.social

📹CamALIEN is on the road again

👉 Last but not least: Vespa mandarinia, the Asian Giant Hornet. 🟠 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies has very few natural predators in introduced environments. 🌱It preys on native bee species, negatively impacting agriculture and other insect species, and can also carry pathogens. #UnionConcernSpecies

👉 Let's talk about Delairea odorata, also known as Cape-ivy. 🍃 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies can grow vigorously, covering shrubs and trees, impeding the germination and growth of native seeds. 🔴 It is toxic to animals and fish. #IASinEurope #UnionConcernSpecies

Lien Reyserhove (@inbo.be & @onestop-project.eu) and Damiano Oldoni (#GuardIAS) recently spent 2 days at the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) facility at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Italy. Read more here: guardias.eu/guardias-one... #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS

🪱 Today's #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Platydemus manokwari, the New Guinea Flatworm. 📍 It is a versatile and adaptive predator that has few natural limiting factors. 👉 It feeds on a variety of invertebrates and land snails, potentially altering the soil food web. #IASinEurope #UnionConcernSpecies

🌸 Meet Reynoutria × bohemica, the Bohemian Knotweed. 🌿 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies is a hybrid between the Japanese and Giant knotweed, inheriting their most problematic traits. 👉 Its aggressive spread outcompetes native species, and possesses the ability to damage infrastructure #IASinEurope

🌿Check out the new workflows and indicators for #IAS management proposed by @b-cubed.eu partners in South Africa

👉 On 20 October 2025, OneSTOP members took part in the meeting “Data Management of Invasive Alien Species: Exchange of Local Needs and Global Challenges” 🔗 Learn more: onestop-project.eu/news/data-ma...

👉 OneSTOP was spotted at Pensoft Publishers’ booth during the International Conference on Natural Sciences and Biotechnology – KLIMENT’S DAYS 2025, taking place at the Faculty of Biology, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski from 6 to 7 November.

🌱 On 21 October, OneSTOP’s Belgian #LivingLab had its second meeting! 👉The meeting focused on using CamAlien for monitoring and detection of invasive alien species. 📺 It was featured on numerous Belgian media channels 👀 Read more: onestop-project.eu/news/testing...

🌱 Here is Reynoutria sachalinensis, the Giant Knotweed. Very similar to the last #InvasiveAlienSpecies, the R. japonica. 🍃 R. sachalinensis's leaves are larger, and it also spreads via rhizomes. 👉 It outcompetes and overshadows other species, and can cause damage to infrastructure. #IASinEurope

👉 Meet a new #InvasiveAlienSpecies, Reynoutria japonica, the Japanese Knotweed! 🟩 It is a rapid clonal spreader, growing vigorously and outcompeting and overshadowing other vegetation 🌱Its clonal expansion via roots (rhizomes) makes it difficult to eradicate and can even damage infrastructure

🦅 Meet Pycnonotus jocosus, the Red-whiskered Bulbul! 🔵 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies may hybridise with native species, cause crop damage, and directly compete with native birds for resources 🍃 There are also concerns that it may facilitate the spread of invasive plants #UnionConcernSpecies #IAS

#LivingData2025 continues🌿 OneSTOP’s session today starts in 1️⃣ hour! 🐿️ Invasive alien species data: state of the art, challenges and a way forward ⏰10:45 📍Ballroom B2

🍃Ready for the last day of #LivingData2025! We are ending with a session on 🪲Invasive Alien Species data: state of the art, challenges and a way forward 🕤10:45 AM - 12:45 PM 📍Room: Ballroom B2 ℹ️ www.livingdata2025.com/program.html...

The happiest smiles by our authors Cristina Preda and @helianateixeira.bsky.social as they pose with @onestop-project.eu materials at @pensoft.net's #LivingData2025 stand!

🌎 Amidst #LivingData2025, we are introducing Obama nungara, the Obama Flatworm. 🪱 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies is a predator that kills and consumes native earthworms and land snails. 👉 Its introduction can potentially lead to drastic alterations in soil dynamics, impacting the health of ecosystems.

#LivingData2025 Day2️⃣highlights 👉 Yesterday OneSTOP coordinator, @cabbageleek.bsky.social, presented the project during his talk on how open science builds enduring value for biodiversity research. ⏩ Today, we continue with Part 2 of 'Long Live Biodiversity Data'. 🕰️10:45 AM - 12:45 PM 📍 Caldas

Interesting talk by @cabbageleek.bsky.social of @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social as he presents insights from projects such as @b-cubed.eu and @onestop-project.eu at our #LivingData2025 symposium

OneSTOP’s session at #LivingData2025 today starts in 1️⃣ hour! 🟢Long Live Biodiversity Data 🕛10:45 📍Caldas 🔗 Check out all sessions OneSTOP contributes to lnkd.in/dhNvzSrY

An exciting first day yesterday at #LivingData2025 👏 ⏩ Today, we continue with Long Live Biodiversity Data: Knowledge Transfer and Continuity across Research Projects (Part 1) ⏰ 10:45 AM - 12:45 PM 📍Room: Caldas 🏡 Find us also at booth 9

🎉We are at #LivingData2025! Visit us at booth number 9 (@pensoft.net) and learn more about our work

📢 #LivingData2025 starts today! 👀 Follow the sessions OneSTOP contributes to: onestop-project.eu/news/onestop...

👀 Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Neogale vison, the American Mink. 🟢 It is a direct competitor with many native EU species that share its ecological niche, such as the European mink, Pyrenean desman, and Water vole 🪱It is also known to be a carrier of pathogens #UnionConcernSpecies #IASinEurope

📢 Happening today! 📆 20 October from 8 AM (Colombian time) 📍Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota 🔴 Spanish and English 🌱 Join online: us02web.zoom.us/j/8511675142...

🪸 Meet a new #InvasiveAlienSpecies, Nanozostera japonica, the Japanese Eelgrass. 🐚 It displaces native seagrass, affecting local shellfish communities. ⚪ Its faster decomposition rate compared to native seagrasses also alters the decomposer community and productivity dynamics in the tidal zone.

📢 OneSTOP members, Lien Reyserhove and Cristina Preda, will take part in the meeting “Data Management of Invasive Alien Species: Exchange of Local Needs and Global Challenges”. 📍20 October, 8 АМ 🌲National University of Colombia, Bogota 👉 Learn more: onestop-project.eu/news/upcomin...

🌱 Do you want to learn more about OneSTOP? 🎞️ Watch our introductory video now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl6E...

📢@bmd-project.eu will host a workshop developing and discussing questions about biodiversity data and how addressing these might enable or enhance natural site management practices and decision-making. 🔗 Learn more and register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🔎 Today we are focusing on Mulinia lateralis, the Dwarf Surfclam. 🐚 This #InvasiveAlienSpecies, with high fecundity, has the potential to alter benthic communities and influence the food web. #IASinEurope #BioInvasions #UnionConcernSpecies

👀 OneSTOP was spotted at the IUCN World Conservation Congress! 🔎 Check out the programme of the #IUCNCongress: iucncongress2025.org

🔎 The big picture of OneSTOP comes alive in a newly released project video! 🎞️ The video offers a short overview of OneSTOP’s objectives and methodology, as well as the project’s planned results and activities. 👉 Watch it now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl6E... #IAS #BioInvasions

👉 @idiv-research.bsky.social's podcast #InsideBiodiversity new episode focuses on the impact of non-native species 🔎 Listen and learn more:

👉 Our next #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Misgurnus bipartitus, the Northern Weatherfish 🌊 It directly competes with the native protected species M. fossilis in the EU, potentially leading to its extinction and disrupting the ecosystem 🪱 It's a carrier of pathogens and may hybridise with native fish

🚀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

🌱 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...

🎉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...

🌿Last week @jrvicente.bsky.social presented OneSTOP at Porto Business School!

📢 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

🐌 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

🦀 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

📢 @guardias.bsky.social, OneSTOP’s sister project, organises its first virtual conference focused on Prevention of Invasive Alien Species Introductions and Biosecurity Risk Assessment. 📍 13-14 November 2025 🔎 Check out the conference programme: guardias.eu/guardias-con...

🌿 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.

🐌 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.

📢 A 90-day public review and comment period has been opened for the new conceptual model and Data Package Guide for #DarwinCore Have your say until 16 December! 🔗 Learn more: www.tdwg.org/news/2025/pu...

🎞️ On 27 August, a media feature on the CamAlien was shown on Belgian national television, bringing attention to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the detection of invasive alien species. 👀 Watch the video: www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/ki... 🔎 Read more: onestop-project.eu/news/camalie...