European Alien Species Information Network - EASIN
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Joint Research Centre - European Commission http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu
3,400 traps deployed this year in Canton Ticino Switzerland) for massive trapping of Popillia japonica, aka Japanese Beetle, have captured some 25 million beetles. 👉 www.tio.ch/ticino/attua...
Il coleottero giapponese arretra
Il DFE: «Le misure di contenimento stanno dando risultati». Sono 25 milioni gli esemplari catturati.
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Greece offers a reward to fishermen to catch the poisonous invasive alien species fish Lagocephalus sceleratus, aka Silver-Cheeked Toadfish. 👉https://bit.ly/4pQpWyP
Vector-borne diseases on the move? 👀 Our latest newsletter tracks 25 diseases affecting animal health in Europe and beyond, including bluetongue, lumpy skin disease and West Nile virus. 🗞️ www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/to... #AnimalHealth
Vector-borne diseases
A vector is a living organism that transmits an infectious agent from an infected animal to a human or another animal. Vectors are frequently arthropods, such as ticks.
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Le nouveau numéro du Service d'information de l'OEPP est disponible: gd.eppo.int/media/data/r... Toutes les données correspondantes sont également entrées dans EPPO Global Database.
🐝 Save the date! European Beekeeping Event, 27–29 Aug 2026, Lukovica, Slovenia. Talks on Tropilaelaps & invasive vespids, Varroa, best-practices & Policy Dialogue for Sustainable EU Beekeeping. Join online or in person 👉 www.bthenet.eu/event/save-t... #Beekeeping #EUBeekeeping #apicolture #BTHENET
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
📣 Job offer: The EURL Nematodes is still recruiting a Bioinformatics Project Manager in Nematology/Plant pathology to join our team at ANSES, based in Le Rheu/Rennes (France). Deadline for application: 28/08/2026. The job offer (in French and English): Click and apply. www.anses.fr/fr/content/b...
Bio-informaticien en nématologie-santé des végétaux - Bioinformatics Project Manager (H/F) | Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail
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Atlantic blue crabs are proliferating in Italian lagoons under climate change. “They completely destroy clam farms. They completely eat all the seeds, even larger Manila clams,” said an ecologist. “They completely disrupt the ecological network.” #bioinvasions www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
An American blue crab took over Italian lagoons. Now fishers are looking for new careers
he crustacean — a prized seafood in Maryland, elsewhere along the US eastern seaboard and the Gulf of Mexico — had overrun the Po Delta, devouring the cultural staple that once provided a livelihood f...
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The BiodivRestore Knowledge Hub is pleased to invite you to its final conference, on 29 September 2026. This event will be a launchpad for future restoration efforts across Europe, synthesising the findings of the KH, supporting the Nature Restoration Regulation. ➡️ www.biodiversa.eu/2026/07/23/b...
The invasive stink #bug Erthesina fullo has spread to Europe with few natural enemies. A new study finds native parasitoid wasps in Albania and Greece are starting to attack its eggs, alongside the Asian wasp See more: doi.org/10.3897/neob...
The Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus Planipennis, one of the most serious pests affecting ash trees, was detected in the European Union for the first time in Hungary and Slovakia, authorities said. 👉 bit.ly/4vCd4O1; bit.ly/4fsszC8
Beetle devastating US ash forests detected in EU
A tiny Asia-origin beetle that has devastated ash forests in North America has been detected in the European Union for the first time in Hungary and Slovakia, authorities have said.
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🌿 The Japanese gall-forming thrips #PonticulothripsDiospirosi, #AlienSpecies new to Europe, damaging persimmon, first reported in Italy and Switzerland. New literature records are used to update the #EASIN Catalogue and support the monitoring of biological invasions in Europe! 👉 📖 bit.ly/4ffVN6O
The marbled crayfish - an aquatic invasive species of increasing global significance: waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library-bibl...
NeoBiota@neobiota.pensoft.net · 4w ago🦞 Invasive marbled #crayfish have been shown to thrive as flexible omnivores in semi-arid Middle Eastern streams, with stable isotope analysis revealing an intermediate trophic position that peaks during summer. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.108.183096
Quote: "Invasions are not just about which species arrive, but about how multiple newcomers interact with one another once they do. Co-invasions can affect ecological communities far beyond what single-species approaches predict." #bioinvasions #invasivespecies www.anoleannals.org/2026/06/14/i...
Invaders Don’t Come Alone: Rethinking Biological Invasions Through Co-invasion
Species invasions are usually studied one at a time, but ecosystems rarely have that luxury. This project began with a simple frustration: while reading about invasive predators, invasive competito…
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The new IAS Briefing and Dashboards are now live! A joint effort of the European Environment Agency (EEA), ETC on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, EU Member States authorities & JRC EASIN. It offers valuable insights into the IAS Regulation implementation 2019–2024. 👉https://bit.ly/4aZXuEd
🚣 #INNSWeek Boats, kayaks and fishing gears can spread invasive species & pathogens between water bodies. The red swamp crayfish #ProcambarusClarkii carries the agent of crayfish plague, a major threat to native European crayfish #CheckCleanDry P. clarkii distribution in Europe🔗 bit.ly/4xA4W2J
🦦 INNS Week 2026 The American mink, Neogale vison, brought to Europe for fur farming, is listed as Invasive Alien Species of Union concern due to its impact on biodiversity. The EU supports Member States in preventing IAS introduction and reducing their impact. Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/4et5uP2
Transformative Change is both urgent and necessary. 🌍 The key principles identified in the 🏡 IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment are important for directly countering the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and nature’s decline. 🧪 👉 Read the assessment here: https://ow.ly/w6YE50Zf32R
👉 Two more innovative technologies were deployed in our Portuguese #LivingLab 🦋 AMI Trap and 🍃 Air eDNA samplers will test how they can improve #IAS species detection and monitoring
InvasionS@invasionscience.bsky.social · last mo.🔎 New detection technologies are now running in the @onestop-project.eu Portuguese Living Lab! 🦋 AMI Trap and 🍃 air eDNA samplers will work side by side for 20 weeks in Serra da Aboboreira to test how they can improve invasive species detection and monitoring. #OneSTOPProject #InvasiveSpecies
📢 The yellow-spotted stink bug, #ErthesinaFullo (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), highly polyphagous invasive species, recorded for the first time in Padua, northeastern Italy 🇮🇹, as reported in a recent publication. Early warning is crucial to adopt swift management measures. 👉🔗 doi.org/10.1111/epp....
🦟 INNSWeek. Warmer temperatures accelerate invasive mosquitoes cycle and extend their activity, creating favourable conditions for e.g. Aedes japonicus and A. koreicus. Monitoring projects like ALIEM VIGIL track their spread across the Mediterranean region 🔗 bit.ly/4vWhCiy 🔗https://bit.ly/4uHAAZa
EASIN presented on 18.06 scope, features & envisaged enhancement of NOTYS, the European Early Warning notification system at the meeting of the Expert Group on Invasive Alien Species (IASEG), improving EU27 MS Competent Authorities's experience, addressing reporting obligations under IAS Regulation
🦝 Invasive raccoons may contribute to the spread of pathogens in the environment. A new study found close genetic links between Escherichia albertii detected in raccoons & river water, reinforcing the importance of a #OneHealth approach to biological invasions. Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/4a2NObG
📣The 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions will take place between 7-11 September, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. It will cover sessions on #ecology, impacts, risk assessment & management of #invasive species, plus #OneHealth, socioeconomics, and more. More information:
14th International Conference on Biological Invasions
NeoBiota 2026 is the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions, organised by NeoBiota, the European Group on Biological Invasions. This year the conference will be held in Brussels, Belgiu...
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📢 Today, BioAgora is launching a new Call for Experts! 🪲 This time around, the topic in focus is Invasive Alien Species (IAS), specifically how they are addressed via biosecurity measures across policy sectors. ✍️ Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 👀 Find out more: bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...
Human activity may be enabling the expansion of golden jackals across Europe by reducing the suppressive effect of grey wolves, suggests research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. This human-mediated interaction could allow jackals to occupy up to 75% of the continent. go.nature.com/4nLOJ5O 🌍🧪
Healthy ecosystems mean healthy animals. Agroecology supports #OneHealth by enhancing biodiversity, improving animal welfare & reducing disease risks at the human-animal-environment interface. 📷 http://bit.ly/4ep7j0z #WorldEnvironmentDay
Andrea Pennacchi brilliantly and ironically explains in its show "Alieni in Laguna" the evolution of our relationship with nature, biodiversity and animals, reminding human responsibility in the introduction and spread of alien species. @repubblica Green&Blue Festival, Milan 4 June.
⚠️ ADDITION TO THE EPPO ALERT LIST ⚠️ ➡️ Hedychium gardnerianum, an invasive plant that impacts biodiversity and ecosystem services. ❓The EPPO Panel on IAP are seeking further information on any additional occurrences of H. gardnerianum the EPPO region. 🔎 Find more: www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/p...
