📢 #BioMonWeek2026 is right around the corner!
👀 At the start of May, look out for our extended coverage as we join forces with @biodiversa.eu, #AllianceforNature, @gbif.org and @marco-bolo.bsky.social to deliver a pan-European conference on biodiversity monitoring!
🌿 MAMBO recently hosted stakeholders at Bagnas Natural Reserve to showcase innovative biodiversity monitoring technologies developed throughout the project.
🔗 Read about MAMBO's demonstration day here: www.mambo-project.eu/news/mambo-d...
#biodiversitymonitoring #monitoringtechnologies
📢 Our latest Call for Experts is still open!
🫵 You have the opportunity to apply for participation in an expert panel tasked with mapping knowledge gaps in support of the Long-term Strategic Research Agenda for Biodiversity under #HorizonEurope!
The KEN-marine survey aims to understand how National & EU-funded projects:
🔸Work on marine biodiversity knowledge gaps
🔸Link to policies' targets & indicators
👉 www.surveymonkey.com/r/KQJHVB2
Results will be presented at the ECSA Conference (24-27 August, 2026, in Brussels)
@bioagora.eu
👀 BioAgora is now at the workshop "How to apply the key findings of the new IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment in the work of the European Commission" of @respin-project.bsky.social!
🔁 In the spotlight: Our efforts to bridge research and policy via a Science Service for Biodiversity.
📢 Join BioAgora’s Science-Policy Interface Workshop in Bucharest (2–3 June 2026)!
📩 Policy-makers, researchers & practitioners, express your interest to participate here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#Science4Biodiversity
🐬 New call for review by our partners from @eklipse-europe.bsky.social!
🫵 Contribute to a knowledge request on conservation objectives for marine #Natura2000 sites!
📅 Deadline: 20 April 2026
🌐 bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...
📢 New Call for Experts!
🧠BioAgora is inviting specialists in research prioritisation and consultation methodologies to support the European Commission in shaping a Long-term Strategic Research Agenda for Biodiversity under #HorizonEurope.
👀 Find out more and apply: bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...
Co-organised by @biodiversa.eu, Alliance for Nature, @bioagora.eu, @gbif.org and @marco-bolo.bsky.social
Why #BioMonWeek2026?
As biodiversity monitoring in Europe remains fragmented, it connects the monitoring community to collaborate and drive impact, offering a space to exchange and align on key challenges, when conservation and restoration are more important than ever.
ℹ️ www.biomonweek.eu
🛰️Fellow #HorizonEU initiative @mambo-project.eu charts new horizons for monitoring the biosphere!
📡Discover the technologies shaping this endeavour in the project's latest campaign:
Travel expenses for 10 participants will be covered!
📢 Register your interest for our Science-Policy Interface Dialogue workshop, all about supporting Member State Authorities in Developing and Implementing Nature Restoration Regulation Action Plans!
📍 Bucharest, Romania
🗓️ 2-3 June 2026
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Do you want to contribute to dialogues, policy consultations, capacity-building workshops & other collaborative research and advisory activities related to the UN CBD?
Join CO-OP4CBD's dedicated UN CBD expert database: coop4cbd-expert-database.limesurvey.net/236295?lang=...
#Science4Biodiversity
📢 In May, @bmd-project.eu will organise a workshop on high-throughput biodiversity monitoring!
🖊️ Express your interest now for a chance to join a three-day programme on innovative technologies for observation, detection and recording in the biosphere:
Q: How is BioAgora facilitating a #Science4Biodiversity dialogue between Europe's research and policy communities?
A: Via thematic Knowledge Exchange Networks underpinning a Science Service for Biodiversity that reflects and supports governance needs and realities at the European Commission.
🍴 Last week saw a presentation of BioAgora at the event “How can the nature-based solutions approach help build sustainable food systems?”, organised by @ieep.eu.
👀 Find out more: bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...
🤝 Better together! It’s been a busy first year collaborating with our sister project @onestop-project.eu to protect European biodiversity from #InvasiveAlienSpecies. 🌿
Catch up on our joint milestones and see what we’ve achieved so far in our latest blog post:
👉 guardias.eu/a-year-of-ac...
📢 Our partners from the #HorizonEurope project @coop4cbd.eu have just released their latest newsletter!
💚 Dive into their ongoing efforts to strengthen the science-policy dialogue in the implementation of the #UNCBD in Europe:
🟢🔵What is green and blue justice and how could they affect environmental governance?
A new article by @frbiodiv.bsky.social explores these questions:
🌿 If you are working to monitor, protect and restore biodiversity in Europe's protected areas and #Natura2000 sites, join us on 30 March for an interactive webinar with an opportunity to help design our Single Access Point! 💡
✍️ Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3affcf...
Q: What does #Science4Biodiversity mean for BioAgora?
A: Developing a Science Service for Biodiversity built upon an inclusive actor interface that generates actionable knowledge for evidence-based governance.
🌐 bioagora.eu
🎤 New BioAgora interview incoming!
💡Maria Susana Orta Ortiz from Università di Trento talks about two knowledge requests submitted to the Science Service for Biodiversity we are developing, both on nature-based solutions in urban settings.
👀 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cf9...
🌿 The theme of #IDB2026 is: “Acting locally for global impact.”
From indigenous peoples & local communities, youth, women, to businesses & civil society, biodiversity action is strongest when it is driven by a whole-of-society approach.
🔗 www.cbd.int/article/2026...
🎉April 2026 will mark the onset of a new generation of initiatives dedicated to #TransformativeChange4Biodiversity!
🫵Don't miss the kickoff event for this exciting chapter, organised by @biodiversa.eu:
🔦 Spotlight on the marine monitoring theme at #BioMonWeek2026!
Submit an abstract by 18 March and bring your work to the European stage!
Explore the full programme: www.biomonweek.eu
@biodiversa.eu, #AllianceforNature, @bioagora.eu, @gbif.org, @marco-bolo.bsky.social
🔦 Spotlight on freshwater monitoring at #BioMonWeek2026!
Submit an abstract by 18 March and bring your work to the European stage!
🔎 Explore the full programme: www.biomonweek.eu
@biodiversa.eu, #AllianceforNature, @bioagora.eu, @gbif.org, @marco-bolo.bsky.social
eNaBlS image with the text 'New Handbook & Tool Recommender for Urban Greening Strategies' featuring the first page of the Handbook
👉 Have you checked it out yet? 🌿
Some time ago, a #Handbook & #ToolRecommender to support Europe’s cities in planning and monitoring urban greening strategies was released. 📜
If you haven’t explored them yet, this is your reminder to take a look ➡️
bioagora.eu/news/new-han...
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💚 At the meeting point between research and governance, BioAgora is forging a path towards #Science4Biodiversity!
🔁 Check out the core tenets of the project and the #TransformativeChange they facilitate for the biodiversity science-policy interface.
👀 Find out more: bioagora.eu
🔦 Spotlight on the public policy and funding theme at #BioMonWeek26!
Submit an abstract by 18 March and bring your work to the European stage!
Explore the full programme: www.biomonweek.eu
@biodiversa.eu, #AllianceforNature, @bioagora.eu, @gbif.org, @marco-bolo.bsky.social