Let’s start #Neobiota2024 Belgian Biodiversity LIFE RIPARIAS @INBOVlaanderen IAS Secretariat - Belgium with so many friends gathered here 🥳

Our August Newsflash is out! 🗓️ Save the Date: Belgian One Health Event 🔍 GBIF Belgian Hosted Portal Launch 🗣️ Call for Participants for IPBES Youth Workshop and more... check it out -> biodiversity.be/6068/

When IAS management looks at the horizon of coastal dunes #Neobiota2024 Tim Adriaens @INBOVlaanderen

Take home message from Brazil at #Neobiota2024 : Supporting governance with science. Makes echos to my life these last 15 years. Thank you Silvia Ziller !

Rein Brys shows usefulness of e-DNA and metabarcoding for detection and identification of #InvasiveAlienSpecies in freshwaters, used in Belgium on American bullfrog, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and Black Bull head, works in progress on Coypu and Muskrat Neobiota 2024.

Announcing our LIFE RIPARIAS 1-day conference on 10th of Dec 2024 in Brussels at #Neobiota2024 riparias.be/conf2024

🎉 Exciting news! #GBIF Belgium has launched its new national hosted portal 🇧🇪 Explore Belgium's biodiversity data in English, Dutch, and French! Developed by Belgian Biodiversity via the #GBIFHostedPortal Programme. 🌍 🔗 gbif.biodiversity.be 📸 Yvan Barbier (CC BY-NC 4.0)

📢𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 for the LIFE RIPARIAS International Conference ➡️ 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 now and download the programme 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 : riparias.be Limited spots – register by Nov 5, or until we hit 150 participants.

How #training and #education are crucial for #biodiversity protection. Read the article on Nature.com 👀 cetaf.org/elementor-1084… #taxonomy #BiodiversityMatters

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 Got cutting-edge research on aquatic invasions? 🌊 Submit your proposal to a special issue of Neobiota 📝 Guest editors: Pedro Anastácio, Filipe Ribeiro, & Paula Chainho. 📅 Key dates: 🔹 Intent to submit: Oct 25 🔹 Full submission: Jan 30

🦞🌱Want to watch all our videos on monitoring invasive alien plants and crayfish species ? It’s easy! 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐁𝐄 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥: youtube.com/@LIFERIPARIAS/… Don’t forget to subscribe—more videos are coming soon! 🥳

La Belgique n’est pas prête à affronter le changement climatique. Début d'une série du pôle #planète du Le Soir sur l'adaptation au réchauffement climatique en Belgique #Climat lesoir.be/635222/article…

LIFE RIPARIAS Conference starts now in Brussels!!! Nice and interesting talks on innovative tools for the management on #InvasiveAlienSpecies ahead!!!

Prevention, pathways management, controls at borders and preparedness are crucial to avoid biological invasions, says Andy Sheppard, LIFE RIPARIAS Conference in Brussels today.

Daniel Nujten, DG ENV, and Riccardo Scalera, IUCN, on EU Regulation art. 15 official controls at borders, for preventing introduction of IAS of Union concern and education material for customs staff. LIFE RIPARIAS Conference Brussels.

Rein Brys on the use of #eDNA for monitoring presence of aquatic #InvasiveAlienSpecies, study cases on #MisgurnusBipartitus, #AmeiurusMelas, #Muskrat #Coypu #MarbleCrayfish, supporting management through eDNA quantification and habitats quality. LIFE RIPARIAS Conference Bruxelles

Starting from data availability and accessibility, Sonia Vanderhoeven and Tim Adriaens LIFE RIPARIAS introduce the ManaIAS decision supporting tool, allowing managers to take informed decision on prioritizing actions and report effectiveness of measures against #InvasiveAlienSpecies.

SUCCESS OF LIFE RIPARIAS CONFERENCE Thank you to our amazing speakers for their inspiring talks, and for sharing innovative methods and fresh perspectives on tackling the challenge of biological invasions. D𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: riparias.be/922/

𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐈𝐀𝐒 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐔𝐓! Our decision support tool supports managers in making informed decisions about IAS management! What does manaIAS do? • Identify which species and sites to prioritise • Determine how to manage IAS effectively 👉 Try it now: manaias.biodiversity.be