✍️ Secure your spot at the #BEeS2026 Conference by 15 May: www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2026-re...

Did you register for BMD’s high-throughput biodiversity monitoring workshop yet? 🤔 Expressions of interest are open until tomorrow, 31 March! ⌛ 📍 Venue: Hotel HCC St. Moritz, Barcelona, Spain ✍️ Express your interest: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🔗 Learn more: bmd-project.eu/news/high-th...

👉 Join us from 27 to 29 May 2026 in Barcelona, Spain, for BMD's three-day hands-on workshop. 📖 Learn more: bmd-project.eu/news/high-th... ✍️ Express your interest: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... ❗ Please note that there are limited spaces in this workshop (approx. 30 participants).

🌿 If you are working to monitor, protect and restore biodiversity in Europe's protected areas and #Natura2000 sites, join us on 30 March for an interactive webinar with an opportunity to help design our Single Access Point! 💡 ✍️ Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3affcf...

BMD invites you to contribute to the "Biodiversity monitoring in terrestrial protected areas (including Natura 2000)" session, hosted by our coordinator - Niels Raes. 🗓 Deadline: 18 March 2026 🔗 2026.biomonweek.eu/page/program...

Join us on Monday, 30 March 2026, for an interactive webinar with an opportunity to help design our Single Access Point! 💡 ✍️ Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3affcf...

The countdown to #BioMonWeek is on. ⌛ 👉 We invite you to contribute to the "Biodiversity monitoring in terrestrial protected areas (including Natura 2000)" session, hosted by BMD. 🗓 Deadline: 18 March 2026 🔗 2026.biomonweek.eu/page/programme

Join us for a three-day hands-on workshop on the deployment of plug-and-play devices. 🗓️ 27-29 May 📍 Barcelona, Spain 📖 Learn more: bmd-project.eu/storage/app/... ✍️ Express your interest: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our second 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...

💚 At the eLTER Consortia Meeting 2026, Niels Raes highlighted how BMD’s biodiversity monitoring & analysis tools complement the datasets and monitoring infrastructure of the 83 eLTER sites within the #Natura2000 network. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏻 🔗 More information & full talk: bmd-project.eu/news/connect...

"All businesses depend on and impact biodiversity and can be agents of positive change." 🌍 📄 IPBES released the Business and #Biodiversity Assessment - Summary for Policymakers. 🔗 Read it here: ipbes.canto.de/pdfviewer/vi...

Submit an abstract for a talk, poster or booth under one of the nine #BioMonWeek26 conference themes. 👇

Join the growing biodiversity community on Bluesky! 💙 Our partners at Pensoft are making it easier than ever. 👉 Starter Pack: bsky.app/starter-pack... 👉 Feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

⌛ Just 1️⃣ week left to submit your proposal for an organised session at #TDWG2026, taking place in Oslo, Norway, 21-25 September 2026!

Through the #BMDexplained series, discover how our project is developing a digital toolbox to provide easy access to monitoring devices, data mobilisation and biodiversity analysis tools, and an online map viewer. 📽️ Watch the full video on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Ch...

💚 At the end of this #LoveDataWeek, we celebrate the power of data to connect ideas, solve problems, and the people who make it meaningful every day. 📊 🌱 Protecting biodiversity depends on better monitoring and smarter use of data to understand how nature is changing and make informed decisions.

🔎 #BMDexplained: Chris Ellis from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh describes how BMD will engage stakeholders through integrated biodiversity data, shared datasets, and tailored tools. 📽️ Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x20... 🔗 Get involved: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

💐 Today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the remarkable contributions women make across STEM disciplines. 💚 #WomenInScience

Missed our #BMDexplained series? 😮 In the first episode, Niels Raes dives into the key challenges facing biodiversity monitoring today – and how our project is working to tackle them. 📽️ Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Kc... 🔗 About BMD: bmd-project.eu/about#what-w...

🗓️ Registrations and abstract submissions for #BioMonWeek2026 are open! The Conference will bring together science, policy, and business communities to exchange knowledge, build networks, and drive impact for biodiversity. ✍️ Register here: www.biomonweek.eu

The B-Cubed Project is organising a training series that will focus on emerging approaches that help make biodiversity data more actionable in practice. 🌳💻 ⬇️ The series consists of six live sessions, held on consecutive Fridays, starting on 20 February. 🔎 Learn more: b-cubed.eu/news/registr...

Call for Sessions 💡 Share expertise and insights at #TDWG2026, exploring how collections and standards advance the documentation and understanding of #biodiversity. 🗓 Submission deadline: 26 February 2026 👉 Learn more: www.tdwg.org/conferences/...

The sessions accompanying each theme of #BioMonWeek 2026 have officially been announced. 💡 ⏳ Registrations will open in less than two weeks, alongside the call for conference abstracts. Learn more 👇

🗓️ The first Biodiversity Monitoring Week will take place in Montpellier, France, from 4 to 8 May 2026, bringing together science, policy and business communities to strengthen #biodiversity monitoring and turn knowledge into tangible societal impact. Learn more in the post below. 👇

📸 Niels Raes, BMD's coordinator, participated in the eLTER Consortia Meeting 2026 with an online presentation, outlining the connections between the two projects and showcasing the potential for collaboration. 💚 @elter-ri.eu

📍 This year, LifeWatch ERIC's Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience Conference will take place in Plovdiv, the city of the seven hills. 👇 @lifewatcheric.bsky.social

This technical training workshop, organised by the @mambo-project.eu, will focus on the large-scale and scalable processing of airborne LiDAR for vegetation structure analysis. 👇💻

📄 A recent @obsgession.eu publication reviews the status of primary data for EBVs in terrestrial ecosystems in Japan and Finland. 👇

👏 The @mambo-project.eu has released three policy briefs on the latest technological advances in #biodiversity monitoring. 🔎 Read them here: www.mambo-project.eu/media-center...

🌿 The Convention on Biological Diversity has activated a new feature in their Online Reporting Tool, allowing actors other than national governments to submit their commitments to the global endeavour to halt and reverse #biodiversity loss. 🔎 www.cbd.int/article/2025... @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

Happy New Year! 💚 As we look back on everything we accomplished last year, we're excited for what 2026 will bring. 🎥 Catch up on what we've achieved so far: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Qr...

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💚 Here's to a year of improved biodiversity decisions and nature as the source of inspiration. Wishing you a cheerful holiday season and a fantastic beginning to the new year!🎄

💚 B-Cubed is organising a hands-on training in transforming biodiversity observations into insights. Learn more 👇

💚 As 2025 comes to a close, we reflect on all that we have accomplished so far. Thank you for being part of the journey. We’re excited for what 2026 will bring. 🎉 🎥 Watch the highlights of BMD's first year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Qr...

Our coordinator, Niels Raes, and Urmas Kõljalg (University of Tartu) presented the BMD project at iBOL Europe's (@iboleurope.bsky.social) Community Meeting. 👇 @naturalis.bsky.social | @nielsraes.bsky.social

#BioMonWeek, Europe’s new biodiversity monitoring conference, will take place in Montpellier, France, 4–8 May 2026. 💚

BMD partners Niels Billiet and Mathias Dillen from Meise Botanic Garden, together with Robert Waterhouse from the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, took part in the BioHackathon Europe 2025. 🔎 Learn more: bmd-project.eu/news/bmd-tea...

😮 It’s already been one month since the Living Data Conference! Did you miss our updates? 🔎 Catch up on all the key moments, insights, and highlights from the event: bmd-project.eu/news/strengt...

💚 Freshwater ecosystems – our rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands – are some of the most biodiverse places on Earth. Yet they are also among the most threatened.💡 👉 Join IUCN SOS for a webinar on safeguarding #freshwater species through collective action: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/11a3ba...

🌿 LifeWatch ERIC is leading the development of BMD’s Single Access Point and will host our data catalogue to ensure long-term access. 🔎 Learn more: bmd-project.eu/news/lifewat... @lifewatcheric.bsky.social

Our coordinator Niels Raes will join iBOL Europe's next Community meeting, where he will present the BMD project. 💚👇

The Crete Declaration outlines a clear vision for implementing One Health across Еurope with concrete commitments to drive innovation, generate evidence, and support effective policy-making. 🔎 bmd-project.eu/news/crete-d... @lifewatcheric.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social @sib.swiss @pensoft.net

Only 4 days left! ⏳ Do you work to protect and restore Europe's biodiversity sites? Take our 10-minute survey and help shape BMD’s Single Access Point. 🌿 👉 Take the survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Natura2000 #EUBiodiversity #NatureRestoration

The IPBES monitoring assessment is open for external review until 7 January 2026. 📅 Participation from experts across all relevant disciplines and backgrounds is encouraged to ensure the highest scientific quality and policy relevance. 👉 Get involved: oppla.eu/monitoring-k...

📅 The BMD team participated in the #BioHackEU25, organised by ELIXIR. 👇

Only one week left! ⏳ Take part in our survey on the biodiversity monitoring and analysis needs of Europe’s natural site managers. Your insights will help design BMD's Single Access Point 💡 👉 Take the survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

💡 BMD was spotted at Pensoft Publishers’ booth during the International Conference on Natural Sciences and Biotechnology – KLIMENT’S DAYS 2025, held at the Faculty of Biology, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. 📅 The event is taking place from 6 to 7 November in Sofia, Bulgaria. @pensoft.net

⏳ 10 days left! Are you working to protect, monitor, or restore Europe’s natural sites? 💚 We invite you to take part in the BMD survey on the biodiversity monitoring and analysis needs of Europe’s natural site managers. 👇 👉 Take the survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🔔 Reminder: The BMD User Story Workshop is happening today 👇