Our Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) project #FuncNet had a successful field season in Estonia, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and Czech Republic. We collected cowslip samples and observed pollinators in grasslands in agricultural landscapes.🐝🌺 Read more about it➡️ landscape.ut.ee/photo-gallery-…

❗2nd Call for collaboration ‘’Fatal attraction: endangered plant’s lovers’’❗. Considering that some participants have not yet had the opportunity to provide their data, we are opening this 2nd call with a deadline of January 31, 2024 🗓️ 📝More here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Austrias' parlament has 183 members, but the country still lacks serious climate policy. Time to wake up and act! 183 hours of climate protest camp in front of the parlament, organized by several dozens of organsations. #ClimateCrisis #183hoursforclimate #klimaschutzjetzt

Our PhD students Marianne and Epp went to the pollinator conference SCAPE. Marianne presented her work about heterostylous plants and Epp a poster about the FuncNet project. It was a fun and supportive event! 🐝🌼 Learn more about our project here: cowslip.science/funcnet-en

‼️ Last chance to submit abstracts to International Botanical Congress! Deadline Dec 8th. Tsipe Aavik from our group, together with Paul Ashton and Yessica Rico are organising a symposium about the landscape genetics of plants 🌺🌿 ibcmadrid2024.com/index.php?secc… #IBC2024

We paired up with Landscape Biodiversity Lab and presented digital tools for #spatial planning of #nature restoration to improve #carbon #sequestration and #biodiversity, two key #ClimateAction aspects COP28 UAE #geospatial

The University of Tartu will lead six new Estonian centres of excellence in research and our lab will be leading one of them: FutureScapes🤩 Exciting 7 years ahead together with RootEcology Lab Landscape Biodiversity Lab Kuno Kasak Kadri Runnel ut.ee/en/content/uni…

Remember to submit your proposals for special sessions, workshops and crash courses! Check the formats and all info here 👉 sere2024.org/call-for-sessi… Deadline 31 January!

Our paper on monitoring of genetic diversity in Europe & linking to climate change is out in NE&E. Thanks G-BIKE_COSTAction Peter Pearman Oliver Broennimann Antoine Guisan Mike Bruford The Coalition for Conservation Genetics nature.com/articles/s4155…

After almost a year of the #FuncNet project, we had another meeting, this time in Leuven, Belgium, to discuss our progress. Stay tuned for cool articles about plant-pollinator interactions and plant genetic diversity. 🐝🌿🌺🦋 More info: nurmenukk.ee/funcnet-en

🐞Welcome to SERE 2024 Conference! 🗓️We are happy to announce that registration started from 10th of February. Early Bird registration is available until 15th of May. Abstract submission is open from 15th of February! More information on our website. ➡️sere2024.org/registration/

NEW PAPER in #BiologicalConservation demonstrating that insect-pollinated plant species are the first to disappear from unmanaged and overgrowing semi-natural grasslands #Pollination #Grasslands #EcologicalRestoration 👇🌸🐝🌾🦋🪻🐝☘️👇 authors.elsevier.com/c/1ibc41R~eWZsr

We are looking for 4 new PhD students! 👩‍🎓👩‍💻 Are you a talented MSc student passionate about unlocking the potential of geospatial data and remote sensing technologies? 🌍✨Apply before the 20th of March! More info: tinyurl.com/yy358ych #ERC #geospatial #phdposition

🦇Just a reminder about SERE 2024 Conference! 🐦Early Bird registration is available until 15th of May. Abstract submission is open from 15th of February! More information on our website: sere2024.org/registration/

🦎Attention! ✏️Get your ideas and pens ready! 1 April is a deadline for abstract submissions for SERE 2024 Conference. 💚Thanks to those, who have already submitted!

For our #FuncNet project partners in Czechia, the spring is already in full swing and the field season has started. 🐝🌺🌼🦋 Happy coming holidays and enjoy the spring! 🐣☀️

With Age Poom 💙💛, myself, and others, you can explore how (and whether?) green initiatives taken by universities can be transferred into larger-scale interventions in cities. Apply for PhD position University of Tartu by 15.04. Read more: mobilitylab.ut.ee/projects/sunse… SUNSET Doctoral Network

Our workgroup is thrilled to host nearly 700 ecological restoration specialists, scientists, practitioners, and policymakers in Tartu for the #SERE2024 Conference, 'Bridging Science, Practice, and Policy of Nature Restoration'! 🌿 #EcologicalRestoration #Tartu2024 University of Tartu