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Great few days all about invasive species at the @bes-invasiongroup.bsky.social Meeting and GB Non-native Species Secretariat annual meeting in sunny Edinburgh. Both meetings had delegates from policy, research and practitioner backgrounds which made for productive and purposeful discussions!

And that's it for 2025 ✨ Thanks to everyone who joined us for an excellent discussion and all of our speakers for sharing their research and expertise. See you next year! #invasivespecies #research #ecology #policy #management

Last but not least, our discussion-led workshop on priorities and barriers across sectors to guide future focus and collaborations for impactful research, policy and invasive species management!

For our final session, we heard about Defra biodiversity targets from Gemma Shaw

Third session started with @emma-baker.bsky.social and James Hodson from the University of Leeds talking about predicting invasive crayfish impacts across time and space and under different temperature scenarios🦞

Back from lunch with another great keynote talk by Dr Ana Nunes on IUCN processes and upcoming projects for implementing invasive species management measures

Continuing with a second talk session: More on American mink control in Scotland by @abonetb.bsky.social

The big day is here! Welcome to sunny Edinburgh🌞 A fantastic opening session with our keynote speaker Prof Tony Martin on how and why American mink can be eradicated to protect UK waterways

A reminder that registration is now open for our exciting annual group meeting! 🌍👾 Sign up using the link below, submit your abstract to present your research, and join us this June in Edinburgh to talk about all things #invasivespecies #ecology #policy #conservation #research #priorities! 👇

📢 REGISTRATION IS OPEN for our Annual Meeting! Sign up and join us using the link below⬇️ 📆Tue, June 10th, 2025 📍The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh We hope to see you all there to discuss #InvasiveSpecies #ecology #research & #sciencepolicy!

📢 CALL FOR WORKSHOPS Are you thinking of joining our SIG Meeting?👾 Do you have an exciting #workshop idea?💡 An interesting topic to discuss?🎤A new tool you would like to test/demonstrate?👩‍💻 Can it be delivered in 1 hr?⏱️ If you answered YES, let us know using our form:📝 forms.office.com/e/FMV66upCSy

❗📆 Save the date for the BES Invasion Science Group 2025 meeting - bringing together academics, practitioners & policy makers to discuss all things #invasive #species #science & #management 🌍👾 📆When? Tue 10th June 📍Where? The Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh Registration & Abstract submission to open 🔜