Quentin Groom

🐌 Today's #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Cipangopaludina chinensis, the Chinese Mystery Snail.
🟢 It can outcompete many native snails, alter water quality and algae diversity, and act as a potential parasite host.
⚪ There are also concerns about it clogging water pipes and attacking fish eggs.

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Herbaria aren’t dusty cupboards full of dead plants. They’re global data engines for AI, genomics & conservation.

Our new paper argues: digitisation ≠ replacement. Physical + digital collections together are the future.

👉 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...

Look out for OneSTOP at #LivingData2025!

Look out for B-Cubed materials at #LivingData 2025 in October 👀

🐠 Our sister project @guardias.bsky.social organises a virtual conference on prevention of #InvasiveAlienSpecies introduction and biosecurity risk assessment
📑 Submit your abstracts by 12 September
👉 Register and learn more: guardias.eu/welcome-to-t...

🆕 Modern #technologies & #CitizenScience called to the rescue at the @onestop-project.eu to deliver methods for identification, early detection and surveillance of #invasive alien #animals and #plants.

📑 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....
📌 Funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social.

#Science4EU

📢 CO-OP4CBD is organising online training sessions this week!
Join the session on Invasive Alien Species, co-led by our OneSTOP team member @jrvicente.bsky.social!
🗓️ 4 September 2025
🕑 14:00–15:00 CET
💻 Online (Teams)
👉 Find out more: www.linkedin.com/events/co-op...

🦫 The next #InvasiveAlienSpecies of Union concern is the Castor canadensis, or the American Beaver.
🌿 It directly competes with the native European beaver, occupying the same ecological niche.
🟤 With its higher reproduction rate, it increases the risk of extinction for the native beaver species.

brown and blue graphic with white text and logos overlaying. Text reads why countries need the global biodiversity information facility: lessons from belgium

🌍 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...

👀 Stay informed about all the ways we support #IAS management in Europe.
📬 Subscribe to OneSTOP's newsletter: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/128157...

🏵️ Today's #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Broussonetia papyrifera, the Paper Mulberry.
🌲 This plant is a swift coloniser of disturbed areas, including forests.
🍂 It can form extensive, dense stands through spreading root systems, and its pollen is highly allergenic.
#SpeciesofUnionConcern #IASinEurope

David cooks amazing blueberry pancakes. All you need to do is collect him the berries 🫐

Overlooking a wickedly difficult portage down the Seven Sisters

One of the Seven Sisters in Wabakimi

Crocs in the Wabakimi evening.

Campsite on the Collins River.

Wabakimi with @cabbageleek.bsky.social, James Macklin and my son, Thomas was next level. Trip report on 8 day adventure to come soon.

A red canoe escaping the push of one of the seven sisters waterfalls on the Kopka River near Wabakimi Provincial Park in Western Ontario, Canada.

Retrieving the dewy canoe while the boy sleeps.

Photo by @cabbageleek.bsky.social

Key findings!

Our new paper in BioScience shows how iNaturalist data is powering research across the globe, with use growing 10x in 5 years and spanning 128 countries & 638 families of life.

Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bios...

@ifas.ufl.edu @inaturalist.bsky.social

#Biodiversity #iNaturalist #OpenScience

📢B-Cubed is featured in Open Access Government’s July edition!
👉Read the feature: lnkd.in/d36YfrG8
#BiodiversityData #DataCube @cabbageleek.bsky.social
@egu.eu @gbif.org

It's going to be amazing!
I'm getting really excited and I will be being extra careful for the next three weeks to ensure nothing gets in the way of enjoying the adventure😁
🦌🐟🐻🦦🌼🌲🛶⛺

📢 Prepare for the NetworkNature Annual Event 2025: "Choose Nature" in September!
Learn more about how to attend and contribute to the event ⬇️
#NetworkNature#ChooseNature #NatureBasedSolutions #Biodiversity #GreenEconomy #NaturePositive

GDDS: Three Years of Experience in EuroGEO Join the event in Vienna on innovative data governance and tools for the Green Deal Data Space.

🚀 Curious about the future of the Common European #GreenDeal Data Space? #GDDS Join us in Vienna on June 24–25 for a joint event with AD4GD, B-CUBED, FAIRiCUBE & USAGE — close to the @esa.int #LivingPlanetSymposium 🌍

ℹ️ More info & Registration: actiongroup.greendealdata.space/gdds_event.htm

Updates from our joint event in Vienna, continuing today - actiongroup.greendealdata.space/gdds_event.htm

Our #LivingLab in #Belgium has officially kicked off with a workshop 👏

🚀On 22 June 2025, B-Cubed hosted a hands-on session on “Biodiversity Data Cubes for Earth Science: From SQL Queries to Standardized Geospatial Output” at the Living Planet Symposium 2025.
@esa.int @cabbageleek.bsky.social @idiv-research.bsky.social @egu.eu
#DataCubes #BiodiversityData
#LPS25

This afternoon I follow up with a talk on the interoperability of biodiversity data with other environmental data.
Room 0.96/0.97.
Get there early, the room is too small for the demand.

Environmental DNA and the future of plant monitoring OneSTOP’s coordinator, Quentin Groom, had the opportunity to attend the METAPLANTCODE mid-term meeting as a guest, appreciating the chance to follow the discussions and learn more about the ...

🌿 #eDNA is opening new possibilities for monitoring plant biodiversity 🧬

At the #METAPLANTCODE mid-term meeting, #OneSTOP coordinator Quentin Groom (@cabbageleek.bsky.social) joined discussions on how to make plant eDNA data more reusable and accessible.

🔗 Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/cfwtxdak

At our #ResearchConference @tokehoye.bsky.social giving our #keynote on the exciting world of automated monitoring

🎯 Experts from #IUCN have analysed how targeted management of #IAS can reduce extinction risks for threatened species across the #EU

🔎 Find out more at @pensoft.net / @neobiota.pensoft.net

#Bioinvasions @eualiens.bsky.social #InvasiveAlienSpecies
@cgsg.bsky.social

🎞️ New #IntroducingOneSTOP video❗

Lien Reyserhove (@inbo.be) explains how #OneSTOP supports timely access to #IAS data in usable formats, aligned with FAIR principles ⏱️

📽️ Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF53...

#Bioinvasions @eualiens.bsky.social @guardias.bsky.social

Capacity building needed to reap the benefits of access to biodiversity collections Global conservation efforts increasingly depend on digitised natural history collections, yet the benefits of this digital data are not equally shared. We analysed biodiversity specimens and citation...

Digitised specimens fuel global science, but local communities are often left behind. To halt biodiversity loss, countries must work together, investing in inclusive research & capacity building. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...