European Alien Species Information Network - EASIN
Joint Research Centre - European Commission
http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu
- 📢 Join our webinar! 🗓️ May 28 | 🕐 1 PM BST | 8 AM EDT | 10 PM AEST 🎙️ Dr. Lorenzo Vilizzi on the evolution & future of non-native species risk analysis. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3Z7KeYb 🌍 Hosted by @invasivesnet.bsky.social & @guardias.bsky.social
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- EPPO Workshop on Innovative Strategies for Phytosanitary Inspections organized in collaboration with the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) , from the 18th to the 20th of November 2025 in Den Haag (NL) 👉http://meeting.eppo.int/index.php/C8801
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- 😊 #InvasiveAlienSpecies rhyme: enjoy the mountain, the trail and your bike, but do not forget #CheckCleanandDry 😜!!!
- Needless to say, we only have one Planet 🤗🌍, cherish it! #EASIN is committed to raise awareness among people about the need to protect European #biodiversity🐝🌼. In this #EarthDay, join in and help us by reporting the #InvasiveAlienSpecies you may see👉🏻 europa.eu/!KGgrR3
- The International Commission for Protection of the #Danube River (ICPDR) organises every 6 years sampling surveys on water quality & #biodiversity, on the whole river basin, to inform management actions. JRC #EASIN has been invited to collaborate to the #JDS5 survey in 2025‼️👉🏻 europa.eu/!mtmQVc
- 🥳Eugenio Gervasini & Beatrice Melone performed the storytelling play "Alien Dialogues on Biodiversity" between a Blue Crab and a Red Swamp Crayfish at the Italian #CitizenScience Market in Bologna Botanic Garden, on 12.04: informative, entertaining, engaging, well received from the public 👏👏‼️
- 🧐Eugenio Gervasini & Beatrice Melone original presentation staging a catchy heated debate between researchers on EASIN approach towards science communication, education on biodiversity, & citizens' engagement in #CitizenScience: from Power Point to Storytelling👏‼️ @CitScienceIT Conference, Bologna.
- Paolo Giardullo, Universita' Padova, on potential distance increase between volunteers and researchers by using ICTs, introducing the concept of downscaled #CitizenScience, serving local communities: need for creating infrastructures for knowledge transfer. @CitScienceIT Bologna.
- A. Berti Suman on impact of #CitizenScience civic sentinels for environmental monitoring and environmental rights: attention to legal consequences for involved volunteers, need for legal support spaces to CS initiatives. @CitScienceIT Conference in Bologna.
- Marta Galloni on students' engagement through #CitizenScience: @LIFEprogramme Life4pollinators dedicated activities aimed at increasing knowledge and awareness, presented @CitScienceIT Conference in Bologna.
- Marisa Ponti, Gotheborg University, keynotespeech on how technology and artificial intelligence #AI can support and integrate #CitizenScience generated data, @CitScienceIT Conference in Bologna.
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- The Italian National #Biodiversity Network, NNB, serving the needs of Habitat Directive, and including #CitizenScience data, presented in a round table @CSI Conference in Bologna.
- Andrea Sforzi keynote speech on #CitizenScience, foundation principles towards democratization of science, CS Italy role and its networking in Europe, @CSI Conference in Bologna today.
- EASIN participates to the Italian #CitizenScience Conference @CSI in Bologna, contributing on science communication, Citizens' awareness and engagement in #AlienSpecies monitoring and biodiversity protection!
- Round table on "Biomass valorization of Rugulopteryx okamurae for mitigating its impacts" at the International Workshop on this #InvasiveAlienSpecies seaweed today in Malaga. How to link research with containment measures & industry, giving effect to Art. 19 of EU IAS Regulation 1143/2014?
- #CitizenScience: "Alga na praia" platform to report macroalgae in Portugal, including #RugulopteryxOkamurae, #InvasiveAlienSpecies of Union concern, presented by J. Herrero at International Workshop on R. okamurae in Malaga. The species expanded northward in 2023-24 and increased its abundance.
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- A. Bottalico, CNR-IPSP Italy, on the #InvasiveAlienSpecies #RugulopteryxOkamurae introduction in South Adriatic Sea, possibly through oyster seeds, illustrates two years of invasion and dynamics at the International Workshop on this invasive seaweed of Union concern in Malaga today.
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- 👩🎓👨🎓Secondary school students from Bergamo visit JRC today: talking about #Biodiversity, #InvasiveAlienSpecies and people's engagement through #CitizenScience. Our Eugenio and Gemechis run a hands-on exercise using the "Invasive Alien Species in Europe" App to report species of Union concern.
- 🧐The Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (KCBD) of the European Commission is looking for a new Science for Policy Researcher to support the team in strengthening the biodiversity science-policy interface and assess progress in targets achievements 👉 recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1744
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- Should we really be afraid of the wolf?🐺 How #alienspecies can impact multiple levels of the food chain. 🧬 Would you read our latest news to know more?👉🏻 europa.eu/!wMbwg8
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- Species Alert: EU Member States latest detections of #InvasiveAlienSpecies of Union concern (EU Reg. 1143/2014), reported through the European notification system (NOTSYS), are displayed and accessible on EASIN website, providing mutual #EarlyWarning👉https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/easin
- 🧐Have you ever browsed the EASIN/Documentation webpage? You cand find useful sources of information, including baselines of #InvasiveAlienSpecies of Union concern, Codes of conduct and EASIN own scientific publications 📰! 👉https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/easin/EASINPublications/Publications
- JRC presents its activities on water, natural capital account, sustainable finance for #Biodiversity & #InvasiveAlienSpecies to @LIFEprogramme NatConnect2030 meeting, Milan 26.03, paving opportunities for collaboration on a project involving 100k sqkm, 840 Natura2000 sites, from the Alps to the sea!
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- Our study ‘The global human impact on biodiversity’ is out in Nature! Through an unprecedented synthesis (2133 studies!) we show that humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- Storytelling can deliver better results than conventional modes of communication, and is an effective tool for people's engagement on science & environmental themes. Along this line, EASIN staged a play "alien Dialogues on biodiversity" between a Blue Crab & a Louisiana Crayfish 👉 europa.eu/!Ct6Npr
- Species Alerts: EU Member States latest detections of #InvasiveAlienSpecies of Union concern (EU Reg. 1143/2014), submitted through the European notification system NOTSYS, are displayed and accessible on EASIN website, providing #EarlyWarning👉https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/easin
- 🌍🌪️ Extreme weather is intensifying, impacting people, & nature. More heatwaves, stronger storms & rising floods all require urgent action.🧪 Read UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres statement on #WorldMeteorologicalDay ⤵️ 🔗 @wmo-global.bsky.social wmo.int/content/wmo-...
- #WorldWaterDay2025 🌊: aquatic #InvasiveAlienSpecies plants such as #PontederiaCrassipes, #WaterHyacint, can severely affect rivers and lakes, causing problems of water availability and quality, damaging fauna and favoring the growth of mosquitoes.
- Really a good news for future mass screening and #EarlyDetection of soil #Planarians #Flatworms, like #ArthurdendyusTriangulatus, #InvasiveAlienSpecies of Union concern under EU Reg. 1143/2014!
- “The silent retreat of glaciers has dire consequences for both biodiversity and communities.” On #WorldWaterDay, @astridschomaker.bsky.social of UN Biodiversity emphasizes the need to protect glaciers and their vital role #ForNature and for people. Read the statement➡️https://lnkd.in/efGRkM5a #KMGBF
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- The World Water Day this year celebrates Glaciers, which are in peril due to climate change. Their melting and reduction, in turn, affect people lives and biodiversity.
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