📣 #LAFERIAPartners wraps up with Wageningen University & Research‬! Located in Netherlands, @w-u-r.bsky.social is a global leader in the domains of healthy food and living environments, landscape and environmental sciences. 👉 Learn more about WUR: www.wur.nl/en.htm

🔦Today #LAFERIAPartners features Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infraestruturas do Alqueva (EDIA)! Based in Portugal, EDIA aims to design, build, manage and operate a set of hydraulic infrastructures that guarantee the supply of water for different uses. 🔎Learn more about EDIA: www.edia.pt/en/

🔦 #LAFERIAPartners spotlights the European Environmental Bureau (EEB)! @eeb.org deals with the most pressing environmental challenges in Europe by setting agendas and providing expert advice, grounded in science. 🔎Learn more about EEB: eeb.org

👉 #LAFERIAPartners introduces the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)! @ieep.eu conducts evidence-based research to support sustainability across the EU and globally. 🔎Learn more about IEEP: ieep.eu

📣Today #LAFERIAPartners spotlights the Halmstad University (HU)! Focused on innovation, interdisciplinary research and collaboration with industry, HU offers programs in business, engineering, environmental science, innovation, health and humanities. 🔎Learn more about HU: www.hh.se

👉 #LAFERIAPartners keeps going with the University of Helsinki (UH)! Finland's oldest and largest university @helsinki.fi‬, focuses on four key research areas: human and environmental well-being, a fair world, a sustainable future and limitless curiosity. 🔎Learn more about UH: www.helsinki.fi/en

📣This week #LAFERIAPartners presents Pensoft Publishers! Based in Bulgaria, @pensoft.net net focuses on academic open-access publishing, software development, web design, and science communication. 🔎Learn more about Pensoft: pensoft.net

📣Next on #LAFERIAPartners is the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO)! This Belgian research institute aims to generate knowledge for greater sustainability in the agriculture, fisheries, and agri-food sector. 🔎Learn more about ILVO: ilvo.vlaanderen.be/en/

🚜Business and biodiversity are linked in more ways than you might expect. 📄Want to learn more? You can find @ipbes.net's #BizBiodiversity Assessment Primer, available in several languages, in the post below ⬇️

📣Today #LAFERIAPartners highlights Suomen Ymparistokeskus (Syke)! Based in Finland, @syke.fi focuses on climate mitigation, the circular economy, urban sustainability and water resource management, with a strong emphasis on research and development.‬ 🔎See more about Syke: www.syke.fi/fi

👉Today on #LAFERIAPartners we introduce Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)! Based in Germany, @ufz.de is an interdisciplinary research centre, leader in environmental research across disciplines and environmental media. 🔎Learn more about UFZ: www.ufz.de

🔦 #LAFERIAPartners continues with the University of Rostock! Founded in 1419, the University of Rostock is known for its interdisciplinary research in fields like life sciences, medicine and humanities. 🔎Learn more about UROS: www.uni-rostock.de

📣We start #LAFERIAPartners with @biopolis.bsky.social. Created as a NGO focused on advancing environmental and biodiversity research, BIOPOLIS is now the largest Portuguese project in the field of Environmental Biology, Ecosystems and Biodiversity. 💻Learn more about BIOPOLIS: www.biopolis.pt/en/

🤝 Today, we launch a new campaign, inviting you to get to know LAFERIA's consortium a little bit better! #LAFERIAPartners will introduce each project partner, so stay tuned not to miss anyone. 👀

💻 If you missed LAFERIA's stakeholder #webinar, don't worry - you can now watch it on our YouTube channel! 📽️ Read about the webinar and watch the recording: laferia-project.eu/news/laferia...

🌏Agricultural heritage fuses traditional knowledge, cultural practices, biodiversity and landscapes, intertwining culture and nature. Check out GIAHS's event celebrating the designation of 28 new agricultural heritage systems across 14 countries 👇

🍏16 October is #WorldFoodDay, commemorating the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945 Join the call for more #FoodJustice 👇

👀 LAFERIA's stakeholder webinar, on 14.10, has been featured as part of the #EuropeanDaysofAction! 🗺️ Check out the European Action Map 2025, available on the @gfgf-europe.bsky.social website: goodfoodgoodfarming.eu/action-map-2... 💻 Find out more about the webinar and register: bit.ly/46wZp1u

⏰ ONE WEEK LEFT Next week, join @laferia-project.eu to explore how we can restore landscape features in intensive agricultural lands 📅 14 October 🕙 10:00–11:45 CET ⚡ Limited spots – register now ⬇️

6️⃣The final session of #LAFERIAWebinar, led by @angelalomba.bsky.social from @biopolis.bsky.social, will host breakout groups on discussing & creating approaches to successfully reintroduce landscape features as part of rural areas. More on the webinar and registrations here 👉 bit.ly/46wZp1u

5️⃣ @guypeer.bsky.social, from, @ufz.de will lead session 5 of the #LAFERIAWebinar ,focusing on scaling up landscape feature initiatives, sharing LAFERIA’s approach and inviting reflections on their value, benefits, and funding. More on the webinar and registrations here 👉 bit.ly/46wZp1u

4️⃣ Evelyn Underwood from @ieep.eu will focus on how the EU Biodiversity Strategy’s target for 10% landscape features in farmland has turned into more binding rules through the Nature Restoration Regulation and the CAP. More on the webinar and registrations here 👉 bit.ly/46wZp1u #LAFERIAWebinar

3️⃣ Marlinde Koopmans, a senior researcher at EV ILVO will lead a session showcasing examples that highlight the innovative initiatives LAFERIA is mapping. Join and discover how you can become part of the project's journey. More on the webinar and registrations here 👉 bit.ly/46wZp1u

2️⃣Project coordinator @fmoreira65.bsky.social from @biopolis.bsky.social will lead a session on the project’s goals and how to support biodiversity by joining the LAFERIA community. 💻More on the webinar and registrations here 👉 bit.ly/46wZp1u #LAFERIAWebinar

📅 @laferia-project.eu webinar is on 14 October to explore how we can restore landscape features in intensive agricultural lands 🌱 🕙 10:00–11:45 CET ⚡ Limited spots – register now! ⬇️ More info

👀 Do you want to join LAFERIA's stakeholder community? It connects people and organisations restoring farmland biodiversity, with members invited to research, events and a LinkedIn group for collaboration. 🤝Check out LAFERIA’s stakeholder community page & join: laferia-project.eu/stakeholder-...

1️⃣ On 14 October, 10:00 AM CET, you will be welcomed into the #LAFERIAWebinar by @theopaquet.bsky.social from @eeb.org. 👋 He will introduce participants to the webinar's objective and agenda before giving the floor to the first speaker. More on the webinar and registrations here 👉 bit.ly/46wZp1u

💻 This week, we begin the #LAFERIAWebinar mini-campaign, diving into each session of our upcoming webinar. 👀 Not sure what we're talking about and want to know more? More on the webinar and registrations here 👉 events.pensoft.net/events/come-...

❗📄Report 'Europe's environment 2025' is out and it's not looking too good. 'The report urges stepping up implementation of policies and longer-term sustainability-enabling actions already agreed to under the European Green Deal.' 🕊️Protecting biodiversity is more important than ever.

👀 Take a look at @gbif.org's Guide for Publishing Biological Survey Data! 🌿 The guide helps ecologists and environmental practitioners publish survey and monitoring data to GBIF using Darwin Core and FAIR principles. Find out more 👇

🔔 LAFERIA has been mentioned in @pensoft.net 's #ScienceRadar newsletter! The newsletter showcases innovations and milestones for the science community. 📰Read the newsletter: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1039... 🔗Don't miss future editions by subscribing: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/103938...

🦗 On 2 September, during #IALE2025 the European Landscape Ecology Congress, LAFERIA partner @w-u-r.bsky.social presented the project during a 10 minute session. 🔗Find out more: laferia-project.eu/news/wur-pre...

👀 Take a look back with us to May, earlier this year. On 22 May 2025, LAFERIA coordinator @fmoreira65.bsky.social presented the project at the Continente Producer's Club's #conference in Santarem, Portugal. 🔗 Find out more: laferia-project.eu/news/laferia...

Come join us in restoring landscape features in intensive agricultural lands: Learn more about the LAFERIA project and how you can engage! ❗ The webinar is limited to 100 spots, so register ASAP to secure yours. 🔗More about the event, programme & registration: events.pensoft.net/events/come-...

Happy #WorldAgricultureDay! Agriculture is our primary food source & an important economic driver. 🌳 🐝 But who's to say agricultural areas cannot also support ecosystem services & biodiversity? LAFERIA supports #biodiversity by reintroducing landscape features in intensive agricultural regions.

🌍 Join ONLINE for the final PLANET4B event – 11 September! 📅 Learn about engaging innovative tools, stories of transformative change & how to make better decisions for #biodiversity with Jeanne Nel @biotraces.eu and @ipbes.net lead author, Julia Leventon. 🔗Register here: tinyurl.com/yba894ut

🧑‍🎓Want to learn about engaging with stakeholders, analysing the policy, economic and institutional context for biodiversity finance, and much more? Check out the @undpbiofin.bsky.social's new free online course ⬇️

Today we celebrate #WorldLakeDay ! 💧💚As an important landscape feature, lakes support #biodiversity by providing habitats and regulating climate through carbon storage and heat absorption. 🗺️Find out more about lakes: education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/lake/

The new Global Biodiversity Data Viewer (GBDV) offers: 🌍key information on biodiversity on each country 📋custom export of these country profiles 🗺️an interactive map 💻web services and API access 👥customer support Find out more in the post below ⬇️

Today, we wrap up #LAFERIAWPs by introducing WP7, ‘Coordination and project management’. 🎯 WP7, led by @biopolis.bsky.social, serves as the backbone of the project, focusing on scientific, strategic, operational, and administrative management. Watch the full video 👇

🔍 You have until the end of the month to complete LAFERIA's survey on initiatives for the reintroduction of landscape features. Find out more in the post below 👇

Next on #LAFERIAWPs we have WP6, ‘Strategies to reintroduce landscape features’. Led by @ufz-cite.bsky.social, WP6 uses LAFERIA insights to set reintroduction priorities, scale solutions, improve policy, and boost impact. Find out more by watching the video below 👇

Week 5 of #LAFERIAWPs is here & it’s all about WP5! 🤝 Led by @pensoft.net‬, WP5 builds bridges between the LAFERIA team, stakeholders and case studies to boost knowledge exchange and co-create solutions. Dive into WP5 in the video below 👇

Another week, another work package! #LAFERIAWPs WP4, led by the University of Rostock, explores what drives or hinders the reintroduction of landscape features, a key in shaping shaping sustainable land management. Watch the video to learn more 👇

🗺️ As this week's #LAFERIAWPs highlights WP3: learning from past landscape feature reintroductions this is a perfect moment to share our survey again! 🌲 Help us understand what works (and what doesn’t) by contributing your examples. 📝 Fill in the survey: bit.ly/44Bgc17

This week on #LAFERIAWPs: WP3, ‘Learning from existing initiatives of reintroduction of landscape features’. 🔍 WP3, led by EV ILVO, focuses on identifying factors driving the success or failure of existing initiatives for landscaper features reintroduction. Find out more in the video below 👇

On July 26, we celebrated #WorldMangroveDay. 💚Mangroves are crucial for biodiversity, supporting life both on land and in water, and helping fight climate change. Find out more about why inclusive ecological approaches are the key to their restoration👇

💧 Wetlands are an important landscape feature, supporting biodiversity and providing ecosystem services such as wildlife habitat, water quality improvement and flood control. Read the @keybiodiversity.bsky.social 's latest brief on 'Conserving and Restoring Inland Waters using KBAs' below👇

🚶‍♀️ Onward with our #LAFERIAWPs journey! WP2, led ‪@helsinki.fi‬, dives into the impact of landscape features on biodiversity, ecosystem services, farm economics & socio-ecological systems. 🎥 Watch the video to learn more about WP2 👇

👀 LAFERIA's first campaign is live! 🔦 Each week, we’re spotlighting a Work Package through the #LAFERIAWPs series. 🗺️ This week: WP1 Led by @w-u-r.bsky.social , it maps landscape features across EU farming systems to track progress toward the 10% cover target. More in the video below 👇