Boeiende vacature bij het INBO - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 🐸

Aan de slag bij het INBO rond invasieve rivierkreeften? We hebben twee #vacatures: we zoeken een deskundige (bit.ly/3OK2VMr) en een onderzoeker (bit.ly/3OEoHkK), beiden gefascineerd door het onderwaterleven of de problematiek rond invasieve soorten.

JOB JOB JOB 🌟 Check out this opportunity to work for Natuur en Bos as policy officer on IAS in Flanders natuurinvest.be/vacatures/bele…

🌟Highlights Report 2023 🌼 Discover a summary of the projects the IAS Secretariat has led last year, among which 🔎Support to inspection 🐸Feasibility of management 🐟Stakeholder engagement with freshwater sectors 🌺 and much more ⬇️ iasregulation.be/850/download

Looking forward to some interesting discussions on how we can increase the effectiveness of customs controls to prevent the introduction of #InvasiveSpecies into the EU Event by @EU2024BE EU Environment IUCN IAS Secretariat - Belgium

Not everyday, flatworms figure in a federal minister's speech! Thanks for the support Zakia Khattabi! Event on border control for IAS organised by @EU2024BE IUCN European Commission. Proud to showcase research of IAS Secretariat - Belgium Nikol KMENTOVA BiTElab CMK UHasselt Universiteit Hasselt

☀️Very inspiring talks and exchanges today at the EU event on border control of IAS organised by SPF Santé publique @EU2024BE with our scientific support 👏Many thanks to all the speakers for their contributions, participants from multiple MS and IUCN and EU Environment for their support

📣Prevention is key to tackle biological invasions 🚫 🔎But how can we decide which introduction pathways to tackle in priority?🤔 🌼To find it out, have a look at our latest report on prioritization of pathways of introduction and spread in Belgium 🇧🇪 ➡️zenodo.org/records/102550…

Flatworms in your garden ? 🪱 🔍Contribute to the protection of local wildlife with the #FlatwormWatch participatory science project aimed at identifying exotic terrestrial flatworm species present in Belgium. 📌 How to participate? naturalsciences.be/fr/decouvrir-p… #citizensciences

🌟We are very excited to launch #FlatwormWatch, our new Citizen Science project on non-native species! 🪴 It aims at gathering observations of flatworms 🪱 in Belgium thanks to the help of gardeners and naturalists 🔍👩‍🌾 📌More information: iasregulation.be/flatwormwatch

Waar de Nieuw-Zeelandse platworm verschijnt, de neemt de biomassa van onze gewone regenworm met 75% af. Zoek mee naar uitheemse landplatwormen in tuinen, moestuinen en serres, en meld je observaties daarna via het FlatwormWatch-platform. iasregulation.be/nl/817/

We were happy to present the results of our survey on anglers habits in Belgium🇧🇪and the potential risks of spread of IAS at #ICAIS2024 🎣🐠🦐 ➡️This infographics summarizes our main findings iasregulation.be/877/download

🌟Obama in BRUZZ ! 🪱 Flatworms are under the spotlight with the launch of our citizen science project #FlatwormWatch 📌Register for our newsletter and online trainings: forms.gle/B1job7TwZx6vcy… bruzz.be/actua/milieu/p…

📣 SAVE THE DATE RIPARIAS International Conference "𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬" 📅December 10th, 2024 📍 Brussels 📝 Registration opens on our website on September 2nd

Obama nungara ❓ It is a flatworm native to Brazil and Argentina! 🪱 The public already registered a dozen specimens in Belgium as part of the FlatwormWatch project! Exotic flatworms found their way mainly through the potted plant trade. 🌱 naturalsciences.be/fr/science/act…

Workshop on citizen science within the #Neobiota workshop ULisboa: Arnaud Jacobs from IAS Secretariat - Belgium Institute of Natural Sciences Belgium presents #FlatwormWatch, an initiative on invasive planarians with BiTElab CMK UHasselt Universiteit Hasselt INBO - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek Meise Botanic Garden Science Meise Botanic Garden

Very happy to participate to #Neobiota2024 this week Nice opportunity to exchange with colleagues on some of our work in 🇧🇪 🪱On citizen science for flatworms monitoring 🎣Awareness of anglers on IAS 💬 Challenges of giving advice on IAS to policymakers

Prof Nikol KMENTOVA from BiTElab CMK UHasselt Universiteit Hasselt Institute of Natural Sciences Belgium presenting our collab w/ Archie K. Murchie AFBI Sytske de Waart IAS Secretariat - Belgium at the Neobiota 2024 conference. We are curious to share impressions abt detection and consequences of invasive land planarians!

Almost the end of #Neobiota2024... 🥲 ... but don't miss the talk of Arnaud Jacobs at 17:45 on the opportunities and challenges encountered as a science-policy interface on IAS 🤝

We will be very happy to welcome you all in Belgium for #Neobiota2026 🎉🇧🇪🍫🍟 with INBO - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek Belgian Biodiversity LIFE RIPARIAS Natuur en Bos Bruxelles Environnement - Leefmilieu Brussel