📢 FORSAID is presented in @eufawready.eu’s campaign on synergies between Horizon Europe projects. 🌱 What connects our two projects is early detection of regulated pests, whether on farmland or in forests. ⬇️ Find out more below ⬇️

EUFAWREADY@eufawready.eu · 6d ago

🔎 Synergy spotlight: @forsaid.eu - building a tech-driven standard to manage #ForestPests and #pathogens via #RemoteSensing, automated ground detection, and #CitizenScience. 🤝 Like #EUFAWREADY, it's about #EarlyDetection and fast action, but in another landscape. 🔗 forsaid.eu #EUFAWREADYSynergies

📨 Two years in, FORSAID's fourth bi-annual newsletter is out: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1366... ✍ Subscribe to receive future issues: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/136627...

🌿 How can plant health be ensured across both forests and agricultural crops? 🙌 FORSAID and its sister Horizon EU projects @stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social & CERBERUS address this in a joint factsheet, presenting their complementary approaches to the early detection and monitoring of pests.

STELLA@stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social · last wk.

🌱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁: STELLA, @forsaid.eu & CERBERUS Explore shared work on early detection, remote sensing, AI, smart monitoring & citizen science. 📄 Read more & download: tinyurl.com/fvkphedu #STELLAProject #HorizonEU #PlantHealth

🙌 Our second annual meeting brought all 17 FORSAID partners together online. Alongside other presentations, four sessions brought our work packages together, each centred on one of our target species. 🔗 Full recap: forsaid.eu/news/second-...

📝 Every month, the Reporting Service from our consortium partner @epponews.bsky.social covers pest outbreaks, newly identified host plants and other developments relevant to the EPPO region. 👇 September's edition is linked in the post below.

EPPO@epponews.bsky.social · 2w ago

📢 The September issue of the EPPO Reporting Service is now available. ➡️ Read it here: gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs... #horizonscanning #planthealth

🪲 Of 14 platforms asked for research access to track the EU’s 88 listed invasive species, only 6 provided usable data. 💡 That gap matters for our work on forest pest detection, where every early record counts. 👇 Check out the latest policy brief by @onestop-project.eu to find out more!

OneSTOP@onestop-project.eu · 2w ago

🔎Our latest policy brief explores why researchers' access to social media, search engine, and e-commerce data is collapsing at the exact moment invasion science needs it most 📑Read the policy brief: zenodo.org/records/2200... 🔗 Learn more: onestop-project.eu/news/onestop...

📡 Detection models are only as reliable as the field data used to validate them. 🌱 Nice work by our sister project @stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social, inspecting plane trees at high risk of Ceratocystis platani, which is also one of FORSAID's target species.

STELLA@stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social · 3w ago

🌿 Field validation in Evia, Greece. On 16-17 September, AUA & BOKU joined forces at the STELLA forest pilot to collect ground-truth data for model validation and inspect plane trees in areas at high risk for Ceratocystis platani. 🛰️ #PlantHealth #HorizonEU #STELLAProject #ForestHealth

💡Tools for early detection of forest pests only make a difference if forest managers and plant health authorities can put them to use. 🌱 How research makes the jump into practice and policy is the focus of the webinar by @purpest-eu.bsky.social on 30 Sept. ⬇️ Register by 29 Sept ⬇️

PurPest EU@purpest-eu.bsky.social · 3w ago

📢 There's still time to join our next webinar on 📅 30 September 2026 | 🕥 10:30 CEST (UTC+2) to explore how research moves into innovation, policy and practice. 👉 Register at www.purpest.eu/news/webinar...

📢 FORSAID is #spotted at the #EUAgRI2040 Conference in Brussels 🇧🇪 (24–25 Sept)! 👀 Our partner @unipd.bsky.social is there representing FORSAID, sharing our work on early detection and monitoring of forest #pests. 📅 Full programme: webgate.ec.europa.eu/circabc-ewpp...

⌛Last call! The abstract submissions deadline for @guardias.bsky.social Virtual Conference 2026 is today! 📝 If your work touches AI, eDNA, smart tech or citizen science for invasive species monitoring, do not miss the opportunity to share your research 👇.

GuardIAS@guardias.bsky.social · 4w ago

🔔 The deadline to submit your abstract for the GuardIAS & @invasivesnet.bsky.social Virtual Conference 2026 has been extended to 21 September 🔔 More info: guardias.eu/welcome-to-t... #GuardIAS #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #BioInvasions #InvasiveSpecies

🫵 In fall 2026, don't miss these upcoming events where the latest insights from the domains of #InvasiveSpecies, #PlantHealth and #Forestry will be discussed! 👀 Browse more such opportunities via FORSAID's calendar: forsaid.eu/events

Catch FORSAID’s materials on display at #NordicOikosGfÖ2026 in Denmark this week! 👀 Find us at the booth of @pensoft.net and @obsgession.eu and learn how we’re pushing early forest pest detection forward. 🤳 Not attending? Check out our outputs here: forsaid.eu/media-center...

👀 How do FORSAID, CERBERUS and STELLA each try to detect a plant pest before it spreads? 💡 A new joint factsheet lays out their innovative approaches side by side - from remote sensing and ground detection to citizen science crowsourcing and early-warning systems. 🌐 forsaid.eu/news/safegua...

⌛Today is your last chance to sign up for the workshop on pest reporting by @epponews.bsky.social. 📝 Consistent, well-documented pest status data is exactly what early detection and monitoring systems like the one FORSAID is developing rely on. 👀 Well worth a look for anyone in plant health!

EPPO@epponews.bsky.social · 4w ago

❗️ Final day to register for the EPPO-NEPPO Workshop on Pest Reporting 🔗 Find out more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

📢 FORSAID’s materials are on display at #NeoBiota2026 in Brussels this week! 👀 Check them out at the booth of @pensoft.net and @onestop-project.eu and discover how we innovate the early detection of forest pests. 🔗 Can’t make it? Access the outputs here: forsaid.eu/media-center...

⁉️How do you calibrate a sensor that detects pests by smell? 📢 A new open access @purpest-eu.bsky.social paper describes custom permeation tubes and an innovative method to generate ultra-trace gas standards. 👇 Link to the full article below!

PurPest EU@purpest-eu.bsky.social · last mo.

🆕 PurPest paper! Our sensors detect pests by smell, but faint smells need a reference to be tuned against. ICPEES & Chromatotec built small tubes that release a known, steady trace of a compound into clean air, and a much quicker way to check them. Read in open access ⬇️ doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...

📝 A new paper co-authored by FORSAID examines woodwasp movement through global trade, confirming wooden packing as these specimens' main means of spreading. 📡The study is a great reminder of why FORSAID’s own work on early detection matters. 🌐 forsaid.eu/news/new-pap...

📢 FORSAID is at #SERE2026 in Brest, France! Our materials are on display at the joint booth of our consortium partner @pensoft.net and #HorizonEurope initiatives @spongeboost.eu and @ferroproject.eu. 👀 If you didn't make it in person this year, access our outputs online: forsaid.eu/media-center...

👀 This week, FORSAID’s consortium partners @pensoft.net & the Slovenian Forestry Institute met in Sofia for a two-day exchange on best practices in the domain of science communication. 🙌 Such collaborations are essential to FORSAID's impactful legacy in the domain of forest pest management.

👀 The August issue of the @epponews.bsky.social Bulletin is available online! More on how to access our partners' newest updates on plant protection and regulation below 👇

EPPO@epponews.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📚 Issue 56-2 of the EPPO Bulletin is now online! ➡️ This issue includes an Editorial, 5 Standards, 3 Datasheets, and many original articles! 🔓️ Many of the papers are now free or open access. 🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1365...

🪲 The emerald ash borer is a pest causing great concern when it comes to the health of Europe's #Forests. 📡 That’s a threat FORSAID is working to address with innovative solutions for early detection. 👀 Find out more about our efforts: forsaid.eu/objective#In...

European Food Safety Authority@efsa.europa.eu · 2mo ago

The emerald ash borer is a beetle whose larvae tunnel beneath the bark of ash trees, cutting off water and nutrients until the tree dies. Have ash trees nearby? If you spot anything report it to your national plant protection organisation. More: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/plh4l #PlantHealth4Life

📆 In March, FORSAID joined NextGenBioPest’s clustering event with six EU-funded projects on #PlantHealth & pest management. 🔬 FORSAID coordinator, Andrea Battisti, highlighted the potential of digital tech for early detection and monitoring. 🌐 Read more: forsaid.eu/news/forsaid... #HorizonEU

👀 Abstract submissions and registrations are now accepted for the Forests of the Future conference in September 2026, an event set to explore how management can adapt to changes in forest structure and disturbances to natural processes. Find out more below 👇 #PlantHealth #Forests

International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO@iufro.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢Abstract submissions and registration are open for: 🌳Forests of the Future: Research and Forest Management in an Era of Change🌲 📍Plitvice Lakes, Croatia; 🗓️17-20 September 2026 🔗 forest-future-hub.vercel.app #ForestScience #ForestResearch #WeCantLiveWithoutForests

📌 In May, the Slovenian Forestry Institute presented FORSAID at two public events in Ljubljana - with 150 visitors at Ljublijana’s Biodiversity Festival and hands-on workshops for over 400 children at their Open Day. 🌐 Read more: forsaid.eu/news/forsaid... #Forests #Pests #PlantHealth

📢 Agrilus planipennis, one of our target species, has just been detected in the EU for the first time in June 2026. 💡EFSA’s guide on plant awareness when travelling is a great reminder that even a souvenir seedling or wreath can carry pests that may greatly damage certain ecosystems. #PlantHealth

European Food Safety Authority@efsa.europa.eu · 3mo ago

Two beetles. Both hitchhiking on clothing, luggage and vehicles. Popillia japonica: already detected in few EU countries. Agrilus planipennis: just detected in the EU for the first time. Check before you leave: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/plh4l/tra... #PlantHealth4Life

💡 @stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social's new blog looks at the significant gaps in digital #PlantHealth monitoring identified through 81 stakeholder interviews. 👀The insights are now shaping the development of 5 policy briefs. Link to the full story below 👇

STELLA@stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🔗 Drawing on 81 stakeholder interviews, #STELLAProject identified key gaps in digital plant health monitoring. Green & Digital is now leading the development of 5 policy briefs. 👉 Read more: tinyurl.com/2fyer7pz #PlantHealth #HorizonEU #DigitalAgriculture

👀 Our 10-week #FORSAIDPests series covered all ten species the project is targeting and the innovative tools that are being developed to detect and manage them. 🌐 Explore the full story of the campaign, now live on our website - forsaid.eu/news/third-f... #Forests #Pests #PlantHealth

The third FORSAID social media campaign highlights the target species of the project

At the onset of 2026, FORSAID’s website was expanded to include a dedicated section on the target pests and pathogens guiding the initiative’s activities. All ten insect, fungi and nematode species ar...

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📢 Great to see @epponews.bsky.social digging into pest status determination & reporting procedures at their upcoming EPPO-NEPPO workshop. 👇 Register by 14 September.

EPPO@epponews.bsky.social · 3mo ago

EPPO-NEPPO Workshop on Pest Reporting: register before September 14th : www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202... This Workshop aim to improve understanding of pest reporting obligations, including pest status determination, to share experiences, and to discuss pest reporting procedures & tools #planthealth

📢 Save your seat at the 2️⃣ @guardias.bsky.social Virtual Conference this November! 👀 The event will focus on innovative monitoring approaches, such as AI, smart tech, eDNA and Citizen Science. Register today 👇

GuardIAS@guardias.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🔔 Registration is open for the second #GuardIAS Virtual Conference, hosted in collaboration with @invasivesnet.bsky.social 🔔 For more details on the programme, key dates, and submissions, visit: guardias.eu/welcome-to-t... #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #InvasiveAlienSpecies

👀 FORSAID's outreach package, exploring innovative approaches to forest pest management, is now up on @epponews.bsky.social's Platform on Communication Material. 🌐 Read the full story: forsaid.eu/news/forsaid...