👀 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 · 3w 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 · last mo.

🔔 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...

📢 FETEC 2026 in Braşov this October is looking at how AI and information systems are reshaping forest operations. 🌳Much like FORSAID, they're putting innovative technologies to work for healthier, better-managed #Forests. #PlantHealth @iufro.bsky.social

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

Mark your calendars: 👷🏾7th International Symposium of Forest Engineering and Technologies - FETEC 2026 💡Digital Transformation in Forest Engineering 4.0 and Beyond: Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems Applications 📍Braşov, Romania 📅12-14 October 2026 🔗 www.ormantransportu.org/fetec2026

📢 FORSAID partner Ukrainian National Forestry University hosted the EcoForum “Arbori et Urbi – 2026: Trees in the Urban Ecosystem”, covering citizen science for emerald ash borer & ash tree monitoring, virtual tours for green infrastructure & education and more. 🌐 forsaid.eu/news/partner...

📢 Save the date! 📆 On 10 September 2026, we're hosting our third demonstration and training event for forest stakeholders on innovative #ForestPests monitoring tools in Portugal. 👀 More details coming soon!

💡 #ECE2026, the 13th European Congress of Entomology, wrapped up in Tours and FORSAID had plenty going on - sessions on citizen science, AI pest surveillance and more! 🎉 At the event, we also debuted our second policy brief and brand-new target species factsheet. 🌐 forsaid.eu/news/forsaid...

💡The Alert List of our consortium partner @epponews.bsky.social now features Physalis longifolia, an invasive plant already competing with crops in parts of the EU and a known host for the pest species Bactericera cockerelli (also known as the potato psyllid).

EPPO@epponews.bsky.social · 4w ago

⚠️ ADDITION TO THE EPPO ALERT LIST ⚠️ ➡️ Physalis longifolia (Solanaceae), an invasive alien plant that can compete with crops. 🔎 Find out about the risks, damage and more: www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/p...

📢 The second FORSAID technology demonstration workshop for forestry stakeholders is on the horizon! 🗓️ 27 August 2026 📍 Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France 👀 Discover the full agenda and register here: forsaid.eu/storage/app/...

👀 Discover how @forestpaths.eu are using the GLOBIO model to advance forest monitoring and management: forestpaths.eu/models #ForestPathsModels

ForestPaths Project@forestpaths.eu · last mo.

#ForestPathsModels introduces GLOBIO, a model that simulates how land use, climate change, and nitrogen deposition affect biodiversity and ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, pollination, and recreation across Europe. 🔎 Learn more: forestpaths.eu/models

🎙️ New ForestHealth episode! 📡 Satellites, smart traps and AI microscopes - listen to FORSAID experts from the University of Copenhagen, EFOS and @kit.edu talk about pushing forest pest detection forward across Europe. 🎧 Listen now: forsaid.eu/media-center...

🙌 Great to see fellow #HorizonEU projects at #ECE2026! 💚 We were also delighted to be represented by @pensoft.net at Booth 4, while consortium partners from @inrae-france.bsky.social, @unipd.bsky.social and the Slovenian Forestry Institute actively contributed to sessions across the week.

EUFAWREADY@eufawready.eu · last mo.

🤝 @pensoft.net has been spotted at the #ECE2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology. 🐜 As you may already know, within #EUFAWREADY, we are assessing the presence of #FallArmyworm #NaturalEnemies in the EU, which are a part of the class #Insecta. 🙋🏽‍♀️ Come say Hi! and check out our promo materials!

🎉Last month, FORSAID held its first hands-on demo workshop in the Italian Alps in collaboration with IPS and FO.RESTA.IT, showcasing innovative forest pest tech that's innovative and scalable: 🪤 smart traps 🔬 AI photomicroscope 🪲 scent-based beetle control 🌐 forsaid.eu/news/smart-t...

👏 Congrats to @onestop-project.eu on getting AMI traps and air eDNA samplers running in the field! Exciting to see these technologies harnessed side by side. 💚 At FORSAID, we use our own automated traps for forest pests, contributing to these innovations’ wider deployment for #biosecurity.

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

🙌 Thrilled to be featured alongside such great projects on the Partner Projects webpage of @eufawready.eu! 💚 Make sure to check out our own Synergies space, where it is placed front and centre 👉 forsaid.eu/synergies#Partnering-Projects

EUFAWREADY@eufawready.eu · last mo.

🌱 We launched our Project Partners webpage, where you can find info about 5 EU-funded projects dedicated to plant health and #IPM: @forsaid.eu, @purpest-eu.bsky.social, @citrusbusters.bsky.social , @grapebreed4ipm.bsky.social , #NextGenBioPest. 👩🏽‍💻 Check out the page! eufawready.eu/partner-proj...

📻 What do mainstream media and #InvasivePests in forests have in common? 📄 A new paper co-authored by FORSAID partners explores exactly that question across 15 EU countries. Find out more: forsaid.eu/news/new-pap...

👏 Congratulations to our partners from @stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social on hosting a webinar as part of the #EUGreenWeek! 👀 Check out their discussion with fellow #HorizonEU projects on digitising soil health:

STELLA@stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎥Did you miss our #EUGreenWeek webinar? No worries we got you covered! Together with WHEATWATCHER, NitroScopeEU, E_SPFdigit , #STELLAProject explored the role of #digitalinnovation in soil health. ▶️ youtu.be/v21io2AEUKw #HorizonEurope #SoilHealth

👏 We are happy to see our consortium partner @pensoft.net with a prominent presence at #WBF2026 this week! 👀 Follow their account as they bring you the latest from this high-profile conference on the future of the Earth's biosphere:

Pensoft@pensoft.net · 2mo ago

We're halfway through #WBF2026 in Davos, Switzerland and the 4th World #Biodiversity Forum runs until 19 June! Stop by our booths to explore our open-access journals: @zookeys.pensoft.net @phytokeys.pensoft.net @mycokeys.pensoft.net @herpetozoa.pensoft.net @mbmg.pensoft.net @aem.pensoft.net 1/2

🫒 This week, we take you to Greece once again for a recap of the conference “Will it wilt? From bark to xylem an invasion away”! 👀 Discover our partners' showcases on how the project is innovating early forest pest detection: forsaid.eu/news/iufro-c...

👀 Always nice to see important research getting more visibility. 👏 Congrats to the @purpest-eu.bsky.social team on being featured in The Innovation Platform and for helping move the conversation around #PlantHealth and biosecurity forward.

PurPest EU@purpest-eu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're pleased to share that PurPest has been featured in Issue 26 of The Innovation Platform, highlighting our work to develop new approaches for protecting plant health and strengthening biosecurity across Europe. 🔗 Find out more: www.purpest.eu/news/purpest...

👀 Check out the work of our partners from @forestpaths.eu on the LPJ model, a tool employed by the project to improve forest monitoring and management: #ForestPathsModels

ForestPaths Project@forestpaths.eu · 2mo ago

#ForestPathsModels kicks off with LPJ-GUESS - a model that tracks how tree species establish, grow and compete across European forest ecosystems. 🌲 Enhanced within ForestPaths to better capture disturbances, forest composition and management practices. 👉 Learn more: forestpaths.eu/models

🎉 Our synergistic collaboration with @stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social continues! 🔎 May saw a joint fieldwork activity on the Greek island of Euboea as we employed remote sensing tech for an analysis of the canker stain disease affecting plane tree forests. 🌐 forsaid.eu/news/forsaid...

🤝 We thank our partners from @stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social for a fruitful collaboration in Greece last month! 👀 Look out for our own recap of the joint fieldwork we undertook in exploration of remote sensing technologies tomorrow!

STELLA@stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🔗 #STELLAProject & #FORSAID joined forces for a field trip campaign in Mantoudi & Steni Dirfyos, combining UAV data and field observations. 👉Read more: tinyurl.com/mvwm39ja #PlantHealth #HorizonEurope #DigitalInnovation #RemoteSensing

Over the coming weeks, the #ForestPathsModels campaign will take a closer look at the models and tools behind ForestPaths research - so you can see exactly how the science is done. 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

🔎 A retrospective on the second online meeting between FORSAID and its Committee of Stakeholders! Bringing together 25 members from 11 countries, this body feeds views and needs from the forestry sector into the project's innovative pest management technologies: 🌐 forsaid.eu/news/forsaid...

🤔 Did you know that our partner @inrae-france.bsky.social is also the coordinator of fellow #HorizonEurope project @eufawready.eu? ⚠️ Find out more about their efforts to prepare Europe's agricultural sector for outbreaks of the fall armyworm, a harmful #Pest first detected in Africa:

EUFAWREADY@eufawready.eu · 2mo ago

📣 Over the next few weeks, we will present to you each one of the 25 #EUFAWREADYPartners. 📍 Meet @inrae-france.bsky.social - the coordinator of the #EUFAWREADY project. They are well known for their expertise in the agricultural and environmental sectors. Learn more here: eufawready.eu/partners

📢 Our #HorizonEurope partner @purpest-eu.bsky.social is organising a Stakeholder Webinar next week! 🖊️ Register now to join the event and discover new innovative technologies for early pest detection:

PurPest EU@purpest-eu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⏳ One week to go! Registration remains open for our Stakeholder Webinar on VOC sensors for early pest & pathogen detection. 🔬 VOC sensor development 🌍 Agricultural & forestry threats 📈 Socioeconomic impacts of early detection technologies 📌 Programme & registration: www.purpest.eu/news/purpest...

💚 Throwback to March 2026 and the 17th Slovenian Conference on Plant Protection with International Participation! 🗣️ Back then, our partners from the Slovenian Forestry Institute and EFOS presented FORSAID results to experts, practitioners and policy-makers: 🌐 forsaid.eu/news/forsaid...

🎉 Shout-out to our sister project @stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social for its showcase at the 62nd International Agricultural Show! #Pests #PlantHealth

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

🔗At the 62nd International Agricultural Show, @vignevinfrance presented #STELLAproject and its work on smarter plant health surveillance. Want to learn more? 👉Blog in English: tinyurl.com/39m9jcj5 👉 Blog in French: tinyurl.com/2222pxuc #HorizonEurope #PlantHealth