InvasionS

🛣️ CamAlien hits the road!

We’ve just delivered it to Ascendi, the first Portugal Living Lab stakeholder of @onestop-project.eu to test it in real highway conditions.

An exciting step for invasive species detection! 🌾

#CamAlien #OneSTOP #biosecurity #invasivealienspecies

💬 Already responded the survey? Share it with your network! 🌾

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#survey #urbanplanning #sustainablecities

📸 What can CamAlien do?

This high-speed camera system captures roadside images and helps detect invasive alien species — all while on the move! 🛣️🌿

🔗 Want to know more?
👉 Detection techs: onestop-project.eu/detection
👉 CamAlien: theailab.dk/camalien/

🚗🌿 Meet CamAlien — the first detection tech from @onestop-project.eu now being tested by our stakeholders!

Rolling into action at BIOPOLIS-CIBIO’s Portugal Living Lab 🚙✨

Developed in WP2 (led by @tokehoye.bsky.social) & piloted in WP3 Living Labs.

#OneSTOP #invasivespecies #biosecurity

Today!

OneSTOP: OneBiosecurity systems and technology for people, places and pathways The overarching objective of OneSTOP is to pioneer an innovative and joined-up approach to biosecurity for terrestrial invasive alien species, strengthening the interconnections between animal, plant,...

🌿 Find more and read the grant proposal at: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

📢 The @onestop-project.eu grant proposal is out in @riojournal.com!

Our team is contributing with:
🔹Species distribution modelling
🔹 Prioritisation tools
🔹 Creation of Living Lab in Portugal

Very happy to support better biosecurity in Europe!

#OneSTOP #Biosecurity #InvasiveSpecies #EUProjects

When the lights are off: microbial life in caves 🦠

This Friday, July 25th at 15h30, @bernardobarosa.bsky.social will be at my research center (CIBIO) to give a talk on cave systems - windows into one of Earth’s most hidden ecosystem: the subsurface.

Curious? Join us CIBIO auditorium or online!

🎓 Big congratulations to Maria Marques on defending her Master’s thesis!

Her thesis explored how elite anglers perceive invasive species — a great contribution to science and management. 🌿🎣

We wish her the best in what comes next! 🌍✨

#mastersthesis #invasivespecies #recreationalfisheries

🌿 What terms do European cities use for green corridors—and why?

Survey (4 min) part of Ana Pinheira’s PhD (@UTAD), with Invasions (CIBIO-InBIO), Landscape Lab & Guimarães – European Green Capital 2026. 🌳

📝 forms.office.com/r/dLQQX9Q1dt

#survey #urbanplanning #sustainablecities

🎓 Huge congrats to Tidiane Seck on defending his Master’s thesis!

His research explored dam impacts on bird communities in northern Portugal — a key contribution to our understanding of human impacts on biodiversity!. 🦅

All the best for what’s next! 💫

#mastersthesis #ecology #ecologicalmodelling

Tomorrow! 👇🎓

Cheikh Tidiane Seck presents his master's thesis on the ecological impacts of hydroeletric dams on local avifauna. 🦅🐦‍⬛

🕙 10 a.m.
📍Room FC4 117, FCUP

#masterthesis #ecology #hydropower #avifauna #impacts #biodiversity

🎓 Master’s Thesis Presentation
Discover how competitive anglers perceive invasive species in Maria Marques’ study "Fishing and Biological Invasions: can we rely just on the legislation?"

📅 18 July
🕑 14:00
📍 FC4 117, University of Porto

#invasivespecies #angling #environmentalpolicy #masterthesis

🎓 Discover how energy infrastructures affect biodiversity in Cheikh Tidiane Seck’s research:
"A multilevel approach to assess the ecological impacts of hydroelectric infrastructures on local avifauna"

🗓️ 15 July
🕙 10:00
📍 FC4 117, Faculty of Science, University of Porto

Don’t miss it! 🐦⚡

🔄 And we finished by building static and dynamic models to simulate ecological change!

📈 We looked at costs, incentives, and ecological-economic strategies....

🛰️ Then moved on to remote sensing, drones, and classification algorithms....

🧑‍💻 We started with citizen science, iEcology and AI...

The InvasionS Advanced Course has come to an end! 🌾💪

These photos show four days exploring how tech, models & economics can help us understand and manage biological invasions.

A week of learning, collaboration & tools to face invasive species!

📸 Take a look at some highlights from our journey!

📣 Don't miss!
Next wednesday at 10 a.m. "Decentralized approaches to natural resource management: Key challenges and implications for policy design" with Dr. Nicolas Quérou!
📌🔗Join us at CIBIO auditorium or online: videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/91344250357

#environmentalgovernance #resourcemanagement

Find more: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/de...

🌿 Who should decide how we manage nature?

Join us for a talk on decentralized approaches to natural resource management with Dr. Nicolas Quérou.

🗓️ July 2
🕙 10:00
📍 CIBIO, Vairão & Online - Free and no registration required
🎤 In english

#environmentalgovernance #decentralizedgovernance

🌿 On June 20th @jrvicente.bsky.social joined curious young minds from Colégio João Paulo II, Braga, to tackle Tradescantia fluminensis, an invasive plant threatening local biodiversity.

🌱 Learning by doing, growing by caring — that’s how future stewards are made!

#invasivespecies #citizenscience

Share your rhyme and celebrate with us this cheerfull day! 🎊

✨ This post is in Portuguese to celebrate our São João traditions, but we haven’t forgotten our international friends!

🎈 As lanterns rise and songs are sung,
Saints are praised in every tongue.
But if an invader comes our way,
science is here to save the day!

🎉 Huge congrats to PhD student @cristinaglima.bsky.social a finalist in UPorto’s 3MT!
She presented her research on the complex relationships between Acacia dealbata and fire, all in just 3 minutes 🔥🌱

🔗 Read her paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...

#invasivespecies #wildfireecology #acaciadealbata #3MT

Up we go! Mapping invasive species from above! 🚁🌿

🌿 Data collection in action!
With technical support from FIREMAP, we now have new high-resolution data! This will contribute to a new management plan for the Paisagem Protegida Regional do Litoral de Vila do Conde and the Reserva Ornitológica de Mindelo. 🌱📡

#InvasiveSpecies #RemoteSensing #LiDAR

🔬 References:
Mghili et al., 2023, Marine Pollution Bulletin
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
García-Gómez et al., 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
doi.org/10.3389/fevo...