Our team edited and contributed to a new science-based popular booklet on invasive species in Hungary, published by the HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research. Supported by NKFIH (National Laboratories Program, RRF-2.3.1-21-2022-00006). t.ly/jrFI1

A self-paced 📖learning course✏️ is out from #RESPIN-project and partners on the work and operation of @ipbes.net and @ipcc.bsky.social, and on ways to engage with them🤝🌍: www.learningfornature.org/en/courses/i...

PFAS pollution is poisoning our waters - and our fish. Data from 7 EU countries shows wild fish often exceed safety limits, sometimes by 100s or even 1000s of times. This threatens not just ecosystems, but also seafood & drinking water. ✊ Nearly 100k signed in 2 days - join them: handsoffnature.eu

Midterm report on national restoration plans! Success now hinges on political leadership, proper resourcing and broad stakeholder backing: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12...

Read EASAC's commentary on the benefits and necessity of nature restoration 👀👉 #restorenature

Technical support from @eea.europa.eu to make the #NatureRestoration Regulation happen: 📑Harmonized guidelines for assessing and monitoring the condition of Habitats Directive Annex 1 habitat types: t.ly/dgH6K 🌱 #RestoreNature

👩‍🔬🌾🌳Research and innovation strategic plan for the European Union's agriculture, forestry and rural sectors out in mid 2026. ❗The @ec.europa.eu European Commission would like to hear your views to help identify the priorities. 📋Take the survey: t.ly/bSbl1 until 25 January 2026.

🦋PollHab is inviting 🫵you to join their online workshop! 📆15 Jan 2026 📋Sign up: t.ly/uwyU1 ☑️ learn about pollinator species selected as typical for Annex I habitats of the Habitats Directive ☑️ provide feedback on the selected species and engage in discussion with pollinator experts pollhab.com

The third Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators🐝🦋🪰 is coming up! 📆 6-8 March, 2026 📍Brussels ➡️ Finalizing and presenting recommendations for reversing #pollinator #decline to EU institutions, decision makers and stakeholders. 🙋‍♀️Get involved: t.ly/F0UGd #Citizenaction

Seeking an online 📖learning platform to enhance your knowledge about 🌱#ecological #restoration🌱? Browse the 🌏multi-language🌍 education materials (interactive virtual 🥾🧑‍🌾field trips included!) of 🟩DERTO🟩 - derto.teamup2restore.eu

🚨From agriculture to energy, mining to chemicals - powerful industry lobbies are trying to weaken the Water Framework Directive, vital EU rules to protect water. That means more pollution, less resilience, and risks to our health. All for short-term gains of a small few. Here's what they're up to⬇️

🪲 Regulation on pollinator monitoring published in support of the EU Nature Restoration Law. 🦋 ➡️👀HUNGARIAN text available here: t.ly/cVazC

#ELTE Doctoral School of Biology's open PhD positions await you! 📝👩‍🎓

Our group is participating in the SEPPI (seppi-pollinate.weebly.com) project, where we are collecting field data to develope an 💻AI based tool👩‍💻 for monitoring 👀🌱🐝pant-pollinator interactions. Hard fieldwork done, next step is to teach our software! 🔥

#peatland #bog #restoration as a national defense strategy? 👀 💦🔫 It is possible, experts claim. Read more here: www.politico.eu/article/russ...

Colleagues here at HUN-REN CER have recently published their synthesis study on the effect of European #urban #pollinator-supporting interventions. 🪲🦋🐝 👀Read it here: t.ly/Q-iv4

Our group is busy taking measurements in the experimental tent. We are assessing the ability of native grassland plant species to outcompete invasive alien species. At the moment, taking plant height and leaf-related measurements is keeping us busy!

❗❗Calling all 💚🐝🪲pollinator enthusiasts between 18 and 35 years of age ❗❗ Up to 15,000 EUR funding for individuals and 70,000 EUR for organizations seeking to take action for wild #pollinator conservation through IUCN's new call! 👀

⚠️IUCN 'SOS' rapid action 💵grants💵 to support quick response to new invasive alien species🦟 incursions and minimise their impacts on local biodiversity, ecosystem services and human wellbeing🚶‍♂️🍃💚.

Festuca seed collection done ☑️ Plus: professional film shots were taken of our work 📽️👀

#restorenature by removing obsolete barriers on rivers in Europe! 🚣‍♂️🚣‍♀️

@ec.europa.eu is asking for input on science-based methods for monitoring 🐝pollinators🦋, as prescribed in the EU Nature Restoration Regulation🌱. Deadline: 17th of July. Click to contribute: t.ly/tHdUN

Publication alert! 📌📑 t.ly/JTg5S Learn more about how... 👉grassland restoration monitoring has improved in the N Hemisphere, 👉most evaluations are from high-income countries and at limited temporal + spatial scale, 🟩 authors identified a set of indicators for restoration monitoring harmonization.

New paper! ❗➡️📑 "...seeding with native species is an effective tool for restoring sandy grasslands and preventing the spread of annual invasive species, but our toolbox for preventing perennial invasion in grassland restoration is limited". 👀 Read here: t.ly/rULM3 #restoration #grassland

For sufficient funding in the EU, necessary for the implementation of the Nature Restoration Regulation! #RestoreNature

In the Work Program, 👀Look for: Cluster 6 ➡️ Destination 1: Biodiversity and ecosystem services ➡️ 12 calls, many of which strongly relate to actions needed for the implementation of the Nature Restoration Regulation! 🌱🌍 t.ly/lTb19

Keen to learn more about how 🌆urban ecosystem restoration will kick off in accordance with the EU Nature Restoration Regulation? 👀 Watch this webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pShU... #restorenature #urbanecosystems #urbangreening

Nature Restoration Regulation at the Hungarian National Parks' Week launch event! Little ones were learning while playing with restoration-themed games, while interested adults could check our NRR related publications. Find NRR info and news here: restoration-ecology.cms.webnode.hu/a-termeszet-...

We are looking forward to the XXth 🌱Eurasian Grassland Conference🌱 in Finland! 📆6-10th July, 2025 📌University of Oulu ℹ️https://edgg.org/egc2025

🎆Get excited for the Nature Restoration Regulation's agenda for restoring 🌊marine🪸 habitats! Watch the video here: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-2...

According to the EU Nature Restoration Regulation, member states must assess the state of different ecosystems to make informed plans for their restoration. A new 🙋‍♂️citizen science💁‍♀️ project, 'Élő Magyarország' is launched in 🚩Hungary to enhance biodiversity data for conservation! elomagyarorszag.org

🌱🔥"Nature restoration law is the most powerful tool in our hands through which we can decrease wildfire risks."🔥🌱 - Said Orsolya Valkó from the EASAC Wildfires Working Group. Read the EASAC report for a fire-literate Europe here: t.ly/RYKMr

LIFE calls in two topics are out! 🌱Nature and Biodiversity🌱 & 📑Nature Governance and Information📖. More information here: t.ly/lo_mc

📌New article! 📑 We are delighted to share a freshly published article that came to be with our group members' collaboration. Read more about factors affecting the survival of perennial grasses in extreme drought events🌾☀️ here: t.ly/ZB-_4

The work of our group towards recovering ✅sandy grassland ecosystems at the Kiskun eLTER restoration sites is introduced by the Natural History of Ecological Restoration blog here ➡️ t.ly/BnhjY. Read to learn about restoration interventions for invasion control and to promote native vegetation!

We are excitedly preparing for the @elter-ri.eu Science Conference (23-27 June, Tampere, Finland), and the workshop that we will host there, titled: 👉Nature restoration at eLTER sites to strengthen policy👈. Pre-enrol: t.ly/pfLdY Read more: t.ly/u6NzR

Our group spent the weekend learning about grassland restoration efforts in the 🌾Fertő-Hanság National Park🌾 area. We thank Gábor Takács from the NP for showing us around 👀, and teaching us about the ways the park is tackling climate change, land use change and threats by 🛑invasive species🛑.

Our research group, along with fellow HUN-REN CER researchers, NGO-s and education students took part in the 🌍"Sustainability Week"🌱 educational initiative and enjoyed the company of 500 students🚸 over the 3-day program in the National Botanic Garden! Check it out: www.facebook.com/share/v/18bz...

❗The booklet is out 📖❗ 🌱Habitat reconstruction🌱 in the Hungarian lowlands - progress, guidance and 33 case studies on restoration interventions. Read the booklet here: t.ly/6MB1q, and the intro here: t.ly/iA7kH (HUN)

Guidance from the EU Commission is out on monitoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural ecosystems. Access the original document here ➡️ t.ly/Q5kqT, and the Hungarian summary here ➡️ t.ly/casNf. #restorenatue

The Hungarian version of the International Principles and Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration is out📬! May it guide restoration work in Hungary to meet 🌍EU Nature Restoration Law🌍 goals! #restorenature #generationrestoration tinyurl.com/2757mkes

Dr Katalin Török, our group's science-policy interface expert gave a short talk in the 🍎old fruit varieties🍐 section at the 10th MAPER permaculture conference. Orchards with old fruit varieties have a dedicated working group in the KEHOP+ project under Katalin's lead, starting this year 👀.

Check out 👀 this interview article with dr Melinda Halassy, our research group's lead on 🌱ecological restoration🌱(💬HUN): www.glamour.hu/plusz/aktual...

🌼📑Fresh article from our group📑🌼... on factors affecting invasive species abundance at ecological restoration sites, and how to incorporate this knowledge into restoration planning: doi.org/10.56617/tl.... (in HUN).

Come to the talk of Prof. Philip E. Hulme (Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand), titled: ⚠️🌏"Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking”. 🗓️ 3 March 2025, 10:30AM 📌 Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Felolvasóterem (1053 Budapest, Széchenyi István tér 9.)