Just heard Caroline Lucas talk about her new book #AnotherEngland . She'll be a huge loss to our parliament when she steps down. Passionate and insightful! Thank you 💚

Effective border controls are key to preventing the introduction of Invasive Alien Species into the European Union. Challenges persist, but solutions exist! We must innovate and collaborate to tackle the risks. #IASBorderControls Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 EU Environment BeBiodiversity FPS Health

Not everyday, flatworms figure in a federal minister's speech! Thanks for the support Zakia Khattabi! Event on border control for IAS organised by Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 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 Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 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

Fascinating to see the great work being done on border controls by Belgium and Netherlands

Cross sector agreements
Data sharing
Image recognition apps
Inspection protocols
Training
Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 IAS Secretariat - Belgium

Setting the scene on the critical role of border control and prevention which is the most cost effective way to address impacts from IAS
- Zakia Khattabi Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024
- ipbes #InvasiveSpecies assessment
- EU Environment on IAS regulation

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 Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 EU Environment IUCN IAS Secretariat - Belgium

We now know that 25% of #freshwater #fish species are threatened with extinction IUCN Red List

It has taken 20 years to complete this assessment of >14K spp & is the culmination of a HUGE amount effort from IUCN Species Survival Commission groups and @IUCN (incl. my 1st job!)

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We just published a very needed clarification of the importance of #EICAT , which has been brilliantly led by Sabrina Kumschick
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🚨New paper on IUCN Environmental Impact Classification of Alien Taxa - EICAT and why its use of the precautionary principle is fundamental in its role in supporting the prioritisation and management of #InvasiveSpecies IUCN_ISSG

Conservation Biology paper doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1…

We must unite efforts to fight #ClimateChange & #biodiversity loss - IUCN Commission Chairs

- Integrated & reinforce each other
- 📈ecosystem integrity = benefits for CC mitigation & biod
- Transformative change - private & public
- Urgent action

#COP28
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Help needed!🙏

If you come across data sets with the year of first record of alien species in a country or any other region, please let me know.
It is challenging for me to keep the database up-to-date and any hints for new available data sets would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Every fraction of a degree matters.

The future of humanity depends on nature‘s survival.

Countries must step up their #ClimateAction efforts & commitments #ForPeopleForPlanet .

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Excited for the LIFE Programme #LIFEOxyura symposium on ruddyduck management & white-headed duck conservation Office français de la biodiversité

🚨 NEW IUCN Global Species Action Plan Launched at UN Biodiversity #SBSTTA25
- guidance on actions that contribute towards achieving GBF targets
- tools & resources available to support efforts
- sets out a transformative path to mitigate species decline
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Working together on #InvasiveAlienSpecies for the Global Biodiversity Framework at #SBSTTA25

The fantastic UN Biodiversity IAS team, their hard work often goes unnoticed!

ISSG experts who provide so much expertise to help parties, and @IUCN 😁

👏 Helen Roy presenting the findings of the ipbes assessment on #InvasiveAlienSpecies to UN Biodiversity #SBSTTA25

It's findings are timely & invaluable for supporting countries in making progress towards the #GlobalBiodiversityFramework target on IAS

ISSG Prof. Vigdis Vandvik

We had a great success event at the UN Biodiversity #SBSTTA25 meeting today focusing on international collaboration for addressing #invasivealienspecies

Great presentations from UK, South Africa and New Zealand on their work on IAS, and also from Ipbes and CBD!

Great to get a hard copy of the ipbes assessment on #InvasiveAlienSpecies summary for policy makers!

Looks fab!

Aileen Mill ISSG Helen Roy UN Biodiversity

Discussions on how the results of the ipbes assessment on #InvasiveAlienSpecies can catalyse action towards meeting the 2030 Targets of the #GlobalBiodiversityFramework

Addressing biological invasions is achievable!

Helen Roy ISSG