Are open biodiversity data hosted in GBIF sufficient to monitor Wetlands of International Importance? 📊🤔 👉 Check out the full policy brief to learn more about the topic and our recommendations: zenodo.org/records/2150...
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EU-Funded #101059592 | 🌐 https://b-cubed.eu B-Cubed aims to transform biodiversity monitoring into an agile process to empower policymakers to address the impacts of #biodiversity change.
🌲@bmd-project.eu is organising high-throughput biodiversity monitoring workshop and get practical training on #biodiversity #monitoring and analysis. 📅5-6 November 📍Seville, Spain 👉Learn how to join: bmd-project.eu/news/biodive...
🗓️ Join the BMD project in Seville for a high-throughput biodiversity monitoring workshop, providing practical training on biodiversity monitoring and analyses. 🔗 Learn more and express your interest: bmd-project.eu/news/biodive... @gbif.org | @eurosite.org | @lifewatcheric.bsky.social
📑The @ipbes.net #BizBiodiversity Assessment Summary for Policymakers is now available on all UN languages 👉Access all versions here: www.ipbes.net/business-imp...
In addition to English, the Summary for Policymakers of the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment is NOW available in: 📌Arabic 📌Chinese 📌French 📌Russian 📌Spanish Access all versions: https://www.ipbes.net/business-impact
B-Cubed developed pipelines that translate raw biodiversity data into policy-relevant indicators 🌱📊 This time we spotlight the second key component of the data pipelines 👉 Modelled Cubes 🔗 More about how you can use modelled cubes: b-cubed.eu/news/how-be-... #HowToBeCubed
B-Cubed developed pipelines that translate biodiversity data into policy-relevant indicators 🌱📊 Over the coming weeks, we'll spotlight the key components of these pipelines, starting with 👉 Species Occurrence Cubes 🔗 More about how you can use the cubes: b-cubed.eu/news/how-be-... #HowToBeCubed
🌿 One Health remains plant-blind, neglecting key ecological drivers such as food system resilience, ecosystem stability, and microbiome interactions ➡️ Learn how plants can become better integrated in the One Health framework in OneSTOP Project's webinar: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join our upcoming webinar to learn more about plant-blindness in One Health and how we can approach this issue in policy and health decision-making 🌱 📅 23 September 2026 ⏰ 15:00 CET 💻 Online on Zoom 🔗 Sign up for the webinar here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Biodiversity moves fast, but the data pipelines feeding environmental policy often struggle to keep pace. ⏳
🚀 Ward Langeraert presented a poster on the #b3verse - a collection of 12 interoperable #R packages that support the entire workflow of working with occurrence cubes. #b3verse at the useR! - The R User Conference! Explore the #b3verse 👉 docs.b-cubed.eu/guides/b3ver...
B-Cubed was spotted at the #BEeS2026 conference in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 👀 Stop by the shared booth with other EU Horizon projects and grab one of our policy briefs or new factsheets on the b3verse 📄🤩 💻 Policy briefs: b-cubed.eu/library?type... 🔗 About BEeS2026: www.lifewatch.eu/bees-2026/
🌐A new article focuses on Australia's domestic trade of native wildlife as an under-recognised pathway for #bioinvasions
🔎 While Australia has some of the world's strongest biosecurity measures, domestic trade of native wildlife remains an under-recognized pathway for biological invasions. Read more: 🔗https://gbif.link/neqgQ #ScienceReview
🔎How are plants doing? Learn in the new episode of @idiv-research.bsky.social's #InsideBiodiversity ⬇️
🎧 OUT NOW 🌿 The new episode of iDiv’s #InsideBiodiversity asks a simple question: How are the plants doing? Ute Jandt & Helge Bruelheide (@unihalle.bsky.social) explain why greener landscapes can still lose specialist species — and what that means for conservation. 🔗 insidebiodiversity.podigee.io
Learn how to use @plantnet.bsky.social and @mambo-project.eu's app for quadrat-based vegetation monitoring ⬇️
Découvrez comment utiliser Pl@ntNet Plots pour vos relevés en quadrats, développé avec le soutien du projet @mambo-project.eu 🌱 youtu.be/X-ZpSblBcCI
At the #WBF2026, Maarten Trekkels presented #data #cubes. We were also mentioned in two presentations by Alexandra Korcheva (@pensoft.net) on #FAIR policies and science communication 🔎🌿 Our legacy booklet and policy briefs were displayed at a shared booth as well 📚 More👉 b-cubed.eu/news/b-cubed...
B-Cubed participates in the World Biodiversity Forum 2026
From 14 to 19 June, B-Cubed participated in the 4th World Biodiversity Forum 2026 in Davos, Switzerland, organised by the University of Zurich. This year’s Forum was titled “Leading Transfor...
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Are you a science policy specialist, researcher, or a practitioner? Then, join the @coop4cbd.eu Experts’ Database and participate in UN CBD-related dialogues, policy consultations, capacity-building workshops, and more! 🐛💻 🔗 coop4cbd-expert-database.limesurvey.net/236295?lang=...
🌐 Our policy brief on why countries need @gbif.org is available on 11 languages, including Spanish 👉 Check it out: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Bélgica demuestra que los #datosabiertos 📊 apoyan la planificación ambiental y aceleran la respuesta ante especies #invasoras. Un informe muestra cómo @gbif.org y proyectos como @b-cubed.eu mejoran las decisiones públicas basadas en evidencia, y ofrece ejemplos prácticos 👉 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🤔Ever wondered how #technology is making #biodiversity visible down to the DNA level? 🔗Find out in this interview: ftrprf.com/articles/mak...
How do you protect what you cannot see? The Outside World, ftrprf’s internal research center, spoke with Elaine van Ommen Kloeke about #ARISE and how #technology is making #biodiversity visible down to the DNA level. 🧬 👉 Watch the teaser and read the full interview via the link: lnkd.in/ezeqkKS6
🎉@gbif.org has launched a brand new website, which officially appoints Catalogue of Life as the default taxonomy for occurrence data 🔎 www.gbif.org
🥁 Introducing.... the new and improved GBIF.org! 😍 Our refreshed website brings a series of enhancements to both the technical capabilities and user experience of GBIF infrastructure. Explore the new features on GBIF.org:🐅 🔗 gbif.link/new-gbif.org
🌏The Darwin Core Conceptual Model and Data Package Guide (DwC-DP) have officially been ratified 👉Learn what that means: www.tdwg.org/news/2026/dw...
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Conceptual Model and Data Package Guide have been ratified
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⭐ A huge milestone for the biodiversity data standards community! 🥳 After years of collaborative work, the Darwin Core Conceptual Model and Data Package Guide (DwC-DP) have officially been ratified! ✅ 👉 Curious about what this means in practice?🔗www.tdwg.org/news/20... @tdwg.org
🎉 Our policy brief on why countries need @gbif.org is now available in a total of 11 languages! 👉 The newest language additions are Spanish 🇪🇦 and Lithuanian 🇱🇹 🌐 Check out the policy brief in your own language on: zenodo.org/records/2081...
🟩 Yesterday, at #WBF2026 Maarten Trekels talked about how biodiversity #data #cubes transform fragmented observations into interoperable, policy-relevant evidence
⬇️ Two other presentations that caught our attention include: "Literature mining of species traits integrated with genomics to transform biodiversity modelling" (Robert Waterhouse). "Turning Opportunistic Records into Evidence: Biodiversity Data Cubes for a Changing Planet" (Maarten Trekels). (3/4)
🌿 Today, at the #WBF2026, B-Cubed partners presented how biodiversity data cubes can turn observations into policy-relevant evidence. 📝 B-Cubed policy briefs are also present at our booth just in front of the Plenary hall Read the briefs here: b-cubed.eu/library?type...
🌿We are at #WBF2026 in Davos, Switzerland! 👉 You can find B-Cubed materials and learn more about the project at @pensoft.net's booth
🎉 Thrilled to be in Davos, Switzerland for #WBF2026. 🤝 Under the theme "Leading Transformation Together", we are showcasing our open-access journal portfolio and participating projects, including @bioagora.eu, @obsgession.eu and @b-cubed.eu. 💬 Come chat with our team!
📑 In a new policy brief, B-Cubed joins forces with @bmd-project.eu, @onestop-project.eu, @mambo-project.eu, Guarden Project, and #AURORA to address the data lag from collecting biodiversity data to creating policy-relevant information. 👉 Read the policy brief: zenodo.org/records/1993...
Only 1️⃣ week until the WBF @worldbioforum.bsky.social 🌿
🌍🌿This time next week the WBF will be in full swing! We will welcome >1100 participants, from >70 countries! On Monday morning, 10-12am, WBF2026 will be officially opened with a ceremony in the plenary hall, so come early for registration to be there in time! See our opening panelists below!
🌱Join this #EUGreenWeek event on #NaturePositive finance happening now 👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🔴 Happening now! #EUGreenWeek 2026 event on #NaturePositive finance organised by @biodiversa.eu, @frbiodiv.bsky.social & @banquedefrance-off.bsky.social, together with CO-OP4CBD and RESPIN project! 💻 Join online: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #Science4Biodiversity #FinanceForBiodiversity 🌿
📢It’s been a month since we gathered in Montpellier where we discussed our key results at #BCubedFinal and shared them a broader audience setting the stage for their use in future biodiversity monitoring at #BioMonWeek2026 🔎 Learn more about these events: b-cubed.eu/news/b-cubed...
From B-Cubed’s Legacy to the future of biodiversity monitoring in Montpellier
At the beginning of May 2026, B-Cubed partners gathered in Montpellier, France, for our final meeting to discuss the key results of the project and the last steps to be undertaken before B-Cubed’s end...
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🌱 This #EnvironmentDay the focus is on climate change. 🌍 @unep.org calls for action #NowForClimate so that we help steer the direction our world id going in 👉 Learn how to participate: www.worldenvironmentday.global/2026/about/2...
Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay! Join us in celebrating our planet and recognizing the power we all have to protect it. Every voice matters. Every move counts. Join the movement. Together, let’s act #NowForClimate for this generation and the next.
🌱 On #EnvironmentDay we are called to remember the essential role of biodiversity in effective climate action.
Both climate change and biodiversity loss are intertwined crises with severe consequences for people and nature. seedling On this #EnvironmentDay and every day, we remember the essential role of biodiversity in effective climate action.
Should plants be better integrated in One Health? 🤔 We think so. In our new policy brief with @onestop-project.eu, we explain how to lessen the impact of plant-blindness in the #OneHealth framework 🌱 📑 Read more here: zenodo.org/records/1988...