🗓️ Last chance to sign up for our upcoming 2-day drone mapping course that will guide you through a real-world example workflow, mapping individual Hawthorn shrubs in a rewilding site! Deadline to register: 10th November 🔗 www.mambo-project.eu/events/how-c...

📖 A new #study supported by the #MAMBO project and published in Nature Plants introduces Pl@ntBERT, an AI model designed to understand the structure of plant communities. Read all about it here: www.mambo-project.eu/news/ai-mode...

🎥 In case you missed our recent webinar on how to approach drone-based monitoring, you can now find it online. The 1-hour webinar introduces what is involved in achieving quality drone data collection, the concept of U-nets for habitat feature mapping and much more. 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbN2...

👉 The ninth MAMBO work package outlines the ethical requirements that the project is obligated to follow. Our partner, Aarhus University, leads this important effort to ensure all project activities meet the ethical standards. #MAMBOworkpackages

🌿 Day 1 of the Living Data Conference 2025 brought together experts in biodiversity data, ecology, and policy to discuss how to transform data into actionable knowledge for conservation. #MAMBO partners presented GeoPl@ntNet. Read all about it here: www.mambo-project.eu/news/mambo-p...

👀 #MAMBO spotted at @pensoft.net's booth at the Living Data 2025 conference! Pictured here is Pierre Bonnet from our partners at @cirad.bsky.social, showcasing our MAMBO brochure. If you're attending the event, make sure to stop by the @pensoft.net booth (Number 9) to learn more about our work.

💡 The eighth MAMBO work package ensures integration of research activities and results, while managing risk factors and contingencies. It also maintains a professional and efficient coordination of legal, ethical, financial and administrative management of the project. #MAMBOworkpackages

👉 Sign up for the newsletter of @bmd-project.eu to receive the latest project updates related to biodiversity monitoring, biodiversity data, and biodiversity analyses for better conservation across Europe.

📢 A recent online seminar, titled “Shifting Roles and Permeable Boundaries – Responsibility and Credit in Citizen Science,” highlighted key ethical challenges such as data integrity, inclusivity, and fair recognition of citizen contributors. 🔗 Read more here: www.mambo-project.eu/news/mambo-s...

🗓️ Save the date for an upcoming 2-day MAMBO drone mapping course! This course will guide you through a real-world example workflow, mapping individual Hawthorn shrubs in a rewilding site. Find more information and register: www.mambo-project.eu/events/how-c... #MAMBOwebinars @ukceh.bsky.social

@bmd-project.eu workshop will focus on 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: bmd-project.eu/news/upcomin...

⭐️ The seventh MAMBO work package led by @ufz.de provides a distinct visual project identity and is tasked with the ongoing promotion, dissemination and communication of the developments and outputs of MAMBO. 🔗 Find out more about MAMBO here: www.mambo-project.eu/about #MAMBOworkpackages

💡 The sixth MAMBO work package led by @ufz.de integrates and synchronises biodiversity monitoring approaches and data in order to address geographic, taxonomic or methodological gaps. 🔗 Find out more about MAMBO here: www.mambo-project.eu/about #MAMBOworkpackages

⭐️ The fifth MAMBO work package trials and evaluates MAMBO’s tools (developed in WP3 and WP4) in the field and within stakeholder networks and user platforms (identified in WP1) in the seven demonstration sites of the project. WP5 is led by @cirad.bsky.social. #MAMBOworkpackages

💡 Can drone-based observations provide a viable solution for monitoring habitats? From #MAMBO, we invite you to a webinar that will give insights into how to achieve quality drone data collection under resource constraints. Full information here: www.mambo-project.eu/events/habit... #MAMBOwebinars

💡 The fourth MAMBO work package aims to develop consistent and standardised habitat condition metrics using state-of-the-art drone imagery or airborne LiDAR and integrating the data into a deep learning framework. WP4 is led by @ukceh.bsky.social. #MAMBOworkpackages

🦕 The third #MAMBOagm concluded with an insightful visit to @naturalis.bsky.social! Our partners had the chance to explore the museum, step into the collection labs and even come face to face with a T.rex. A big thank you to Naturalis for the warm welcome and for hosting our meeting! #MAMBOmeets

The second day of #MAMBOagm concluded with presentations covering the topics of: ⏺ Code for easy access and training on GitHub ⏺ Chatting up to models, large language models in biodiversity research ⏺ Impact of image recognition on biodiversity data #MAMBOmeets

France Gerard presented an overview of the developments of MAMBO's products on airborne LiDAR and drone imagery for habitat condition monitoring. #MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

👀 Pierre Bonnet provided an overview of the tools for plant vegetation monitoring and the key problems they aim to solve. He also identified the end-user communities of the tools and highlighted the importance of acknowledging community-specific needs. #MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets @cirad.bsky.social

🌿 Pierre Bonnet from @cirad.bsky.social took the stage with information related to MAMBO's demonstration sites and what is being learned from them. #MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

📢 Day 2 of #MAMBOagm started with a presentation on the project’s products, building image and sound recognition for European species and making them available to European citizen scientists. #MAMBOmeets

Oliver Schweiger provided input from WP6 by covering the topic of upscaling, cost and benefits of the different MAMBO products. #MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

During a break from MAMBO product presentations, Tom August from @ukceh.bsky.social made a demonstration of the camera for monitoring nocturnal flying insect activity to MAMBO partners. #MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

Jes Harfeld from WP9 covered the ethics behind MAMBO products, sparking a lively discussion among project partners in relation to the relationships between humans and nature and how increased technological mediation might change this. #MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

🗣️ The day continues with MAMBO partners presenting in detail the WP3 tools and an overview of the developments needed during the remainder of the project. #MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

🤝 Niels Raes from WP3 and @bmd-project.eu coordinator led a presentation that provided an overview of the products developed since the start of MAMBO. He emphasised their reliance on EU-related biodiversity and remote sensing data platforms and provided links to relevant EU projects. #MAMBOagm

💡 Day 1 of #MAMBOagm began with a presentation by Christophe Botella on MAMBO's products related to distribution and satellite data for habitat extent monitoring. #MAMBOmeets

🌿 MAMBO's 3rd annual general meeting just started with a warm welcome in Leiden! Over the next couple of days, partners will gather in Hortus Botanicus to present and discuss the development of project products. Stay tuned for live updates! #MAMBOagm #MAMBOmeets

📢 Tom Breeze from the University of Reading presents MAMBO's work on improving the cost-effectiveness of European biodiversity monitoring at the #SCCS Conference in Hungary. Read about the event here: sccs.ecolres.hu

🌍 Why countries need GBIF: lessons from Belgium A recently published policy brief provides details how Belgium has leveraged GBIF to support sustainable development, conservation and innovation for effective #biodiversity governance. 🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

🎂 Today, we celebrate MAMBO's 3rd birthday! A huge thank you to all partners for the dedication and to everyone who has been following our work. Heading into the project's final year, we're excited to continue working towards closing the knowledge gaps in the conservation of species and habitats.

🌱 The third of the #MAMBOworkpackages concentrates on the development of AI tools for rapid, cost-efficient, and reliable species detection and monitoring to improve the coverage and accuracy of remote biodiversity monitoring. 💡 WP3 is led by @naturalis.bsky.social.

👉 Today, we introduce the second of the #MAMBOworkpackages. It ensures the project builds on available Research Infrastructures and data sources relevant to EU biodiversity. It also guarantees that MAMBO tools remain accessible beyond the project's duration. 💡 WP2 is led by @naturalis.bsky.social.

📢 Welcome to our new campaign #MAMBOworkpackages, where we’ll introduce the different components of MAMBO! The first work package focuses on key users and stakeholders who will benefit from the tools and technologies being developed in MAMBO. 💡WP1 is led by the University of Reading.

📢We are pleased to invite you to the webinar "GeoPl@nNET: High resolution maps of habitats, plant species distributions and diversity metrics for Europe". When: 9th October at 2 pm (UTC +2) Registration: framaforms.org/geoplntnet-w... Find all information here: www.mambo-project.eu/events/geopl...

🌱 GUARDEN and #MAMBO projects jointly highlighted major achievements in biodiversity science from Madagascar at #AETFAT2025. 💡 Read about the participation and what was covered here: www.mambo-project.eu/news/mambo-s... #MAMBOtravels @cirad.bsky.social

Excited to be giving a keynote on automater biodiversity monitoring today at the @alterneteurope.bsky.social conference @mambo-project.eu @biodiversa.eu @onestop-project.eu @insectai.bsky.social

📢 Our project coordinator @tokehoye.bsky.social took part in the #AlternetConference2025 with a talk on #automated species monitoring. 🛰️🔍

🌿 It's Taxonomy Recognition Day!🧬🔎 Taxonomy is the first step in understanding and protecting #biodiversity. Join the #NameItToSaveIt campaign and spread the word! 🌍🧡

🌱 Today is #BiodiversityDay, a reminder that protecting our planet’s diversity is everyone’s responsibility. At MAMBO, we support #TransformativeChange4Biodiversity and the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 by developing tools for #biodiversity monitoring aligned with #KMGBF and #GlobalGoals.

📢New MAMBO and GUARDEN collaborative study shows scalable AI tools can help detect invasive plant species via roadside imagery, without expensive retraining. 🌿Big win for early action & cost-efficient monitoring.👏 👉Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

👏MAMBO's coordinator presenting on long-term #monitoring using #insect cameras at the #FutureforButterflies symposium. 👉Don't forget to read his recent co-authored paper on the emerging technologies for pollinator monitoring🐝 -https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2025.101367

@asgersvenning.bsky.social rocks the boat with this new paper, code and data describing an amazing enabling #computervision tool to localize #insects in images. So many applications in #entomology, #monitoring and #conservation @insectai.bsky.social @mambo-project.eu @onestop-project.eu

📢A New MAMBO paper on data of vegetation structure metrics retrieved from airborne laser scanning surveys for the project's demonstration sites is out. 🔗Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.di... 📂Find the data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 📘Check the clipped LiDAR point clouds: workflowhub.eu/data_files/5...

Great to be at the #FutureforButterflies. Tomorrow I will speak about this new paper and our work with #biodiversitymonitoring using #Insect #cameratraps and #AI as part of @mambo-project.eu @onestop-project.eu and @insectai.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...?

👋 The @bmd-project.eu project kicked off this week, with MAMBO partners contributing to the initiative! 🚀 BMD aims to create a Single Access Point for #biodiversity data, making it easier for #researchers, #policymakers, and natural resource managers to #monitor and understand #ecosystems.🌱

📢On 27 February, join our partners at @unepwcmc.bsky.social for an insightful webinar on biodiversity metrics. 👀More details below: #Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

MAMBO is now on Bluesky! 🦋 🔔Follow us for updates on our work to improve #biodiversity monitoring across Europe. MAMBO focuses on developing tools and infrastructure to support comprehensive monitoring of #wildlife and #habitats. 🌍 #HorizonEurope #EU #Biodiversity