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Quentin Groom
@cabbageleek.bsky.social

Botanist at Meise Botanic Garden 🍀 Exploring biodiversity, data, and the interplay between nature and technology. Advocate for conserving the planet’s green heritage. Opinions my own.

Environmental science 37%
Biology 21%

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Our illustrations by the incredible @illustrixxxy.bsky.social featured once again at #LivingData2025 during Cristina Preda's presentation on #invasivespecies data in Romania!

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At #LivingData2025, our editor @cabbageleek.bsky.social presented @onestop-project.eu as a tool for scaling #invasivespecies checklist workflows

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The happiest smiles by our authors Cristina Preda and @helianateixeira.bsky.social as they pose with @onestop-project.eu materials at @pensoft.net's #LivingData2025 stand!

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📣 Calling all biodiversity institutions! Meise Botanic Garden is supporting the continuation of BHL by auditing/cancelling non-Open Access journal subscriptions & diverting all saved funds to BHL. Patricia Mergen encourages other institutions to do the same 🧪 🌱🌎 #LivingData2025 #OpenAccess #ILoveBHL

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#LivingData2025 Day2️⃣highlights
👉 Yesterday OneSTOP coordinator, @cabbageleek.bsky.social, presented the project during his talk on how open science builds enduring value for biodiversity research.
⏩ Today, we continue with Part 2 of 'Long Live Biodiversity Data'.
🕰️10:45 AM - 12:45 PM
📍 Caldas

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Interesting talk by @cabbageleek.bsky.social of @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social as he presents insights from projects such as @b-cubed.eu and @onestop-project.eu at our #LivingData2025 symposium

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We met with our friend and editor @cabbageleek.bsky.social of @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social at #LivingData2025! He has been a long-time @pensoft.net partner, with key roles in projects such as @onestop-project.eu and @b-cubed.eu
GBIF @gbif.org · 24d
💪Train today, mobilize data tomorrow ⚡

Delegates from around the world at the Global Nodes Training are participating in modules organized by the GBIF Community and Capacity team and led by subject-matter expert trainers.

#Bogotá #Colombia

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GBIF @gbif.org · 26d
Don't miss an incredible opportunity to hear from the four keynote speakers at #LivingData2025!

🌿 Dr. Alice Hughes
🌎 Dr. Lydia Jennings
📊 Dr. Sabina Leonelli
🦋 Dr. Rudolf Meier

🔗 www.livingdata2025.c...

#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt
GBIF @gbif.org · 26d
Welcome to Bogotá! 💛💙❤️

Ahead of #LivingData2025, the GBIF network has a packed schedule with our Global Nodes meeting and training, committee meetings and the 32nd GBIF Governing Board.

We're looking forward to connecting with new and familiar faces in #Colombia! 🌎

📷 Mélianie Raymond

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GBIF @gbif.org · 28d
🐦 1 week to go until #Living Data2025!!

There's still time to register! Join @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org and @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt in Colombia or online for an unmissable event!

🔗: www.livingdata2025.c...

🌎💻 #DatosVivos2025

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🐌 Today's #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Cipangopaludina chinensis, the Chinese Mystery Snail.
🟢 It can outcompete many native snails, alter water quality and algae diversity, and act as a potential parasite host.
⚪ There are also concerns about it clogging water pipes and attacking fish eggs.

Herbaria aren’t dusty cupboards full of dead plants. They’re global data engines for AI, genomics & conservation.

Our new paper argues: digitisation ≠ replacement. Physical + digital collections together are the future.

👉 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...

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Something exciting is coming soon… 🥳
📢 BMD’s first newsletter is just around the corner!
📬 Subscribe to receive it directly in your inbox and learn the latest project updates: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/118442...

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🆕 Modern #technologies & #CitizenScience called to the rescue at the @onestop-project.eu to deliver methods for identification, early detection and surveillance of #invasive alien #animals and #plants.

📑 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....
📌 Funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social.

#Science4EU

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📢 Shoutout to ALL packing up for #LivingData2025!

📌 In our session, you'll find how multiple @horizoneu.bsky.social projects are carrying on the legacy of their predecessors in an excellent example of knowledge transfer done right✅!

👌We'll also talk about #science #communication!

#DatosVivos2025
Pensoft to co-host a session on knowledge transfer & continuity at Living Data 2025
Pensoft is a co-organiser of a four-hour session, titled: “Long Live Biodiversity Data: Knowledge Transfer and Continuity across Research Projects”.
blog.pensoft.net

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🗓️ Did you save the dates? The CO-OP4CBD trainings on SBSTTA-27 agenda items are coming in less than two weeks!

💚 Join us for seven insightful sessions on crucial biodiversity topics between 1 and 5 September!

👀 Find out more: coop4cbd.eu/news/co-op4c...

#Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet

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🦫 The next #InvasiveAlienSpecies of Union concern is the Castor canadensis, or the American Beaver.
🌿 It directly competes with the native European beaver, occupying the same ecological niche.
🟤 With its higher reproduction rate, it increases the risk of extinction for the native beaver species.

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GBIF @gbif.org · Sep 1
🌍 Why countries need GBIF: lessons from Belgium

A recently published policy brief provides details how Belgium has leveraged GBIF to support sustainable development, conservation and innovation for effective #biodiversity governance.

🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🏵️ Today's #InvasiveAlienSpecies is Broussonetia papyrifera, the Paper Mulberry.
🌲 This plant is a swift coloniser of disturbed areas, including forests.
🍂 It can form extensive, dense stands through spreading root systems, and its pollen is highly allergenic.
#SpeciesofUnionConcern #IASinEurope

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👀 Stay informed about all the ways we support #IAS management in Europe.
📬 Subscribe to OneSTOP's newsletter: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/128157...

David cooks amazing blueberry pancakes. All you need to do is collect him the berries 🫐
Wabakimi with @cabbageleek.bsky.social, James Macklin and my son, Thomas was next level. Trip report on 8 day adventure to come soon.

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Retrieving the dewy canoe while the boy sleeps.

Photo by @cabbageleek.bsky.social

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Wabakimi with @cabbageleek.bsky.social, James Macklin and my son, Thomas was next level. Trip report on 8 day adventure to come soon.

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Key findings!
Our new paper in BioScience shows how iNaturalist data is powering research across the globe, with use growing 10x in 5 years and spanning 128 countries & 638 families of life.

Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bios...

@ifas.ufl.edu @inaturalist.bsky.social

#Biodiversity #iNaturalist #OpenScience

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In the 3 week stretch now to an epic, once-in-a-lifetime, 8-day canoe trip in the Wabakimi, Ontario, Canada wilderness with @cabbageleek.bsky.social, my son and James Macklin. Fingers crossed we’re safe, strong, and healthy between now and then because we’ll all need it. 🛶
TETTRIs @tettris.eu · Jan 28
Ana Casino, @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org Executive director, introducing @alettabonn.bsky.social from EuropaBON, remotely joining #TETTRIsEU #AHM2 with her speech on Science and Policy needs for an EU #biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre.

#taxonomy #policymaking

It's going to be amazing!
I'm getting really excited and I will be being extra careful for the next three weeks to ensure nothing gets in the way of enjoying the adventure😁
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In the 3 week stretch now to an epic, once-in-a-lifetime, 8-day canoe trip in the Wabakimi, Ontario, Canada wilderness with @cabbageleek.bsky.social, my son and James Macklin. Fingers crossed we’re safe, strong, and healthy between now and then because we’ll all need it. 🛶

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We’re excited to invite you to the inaugural GuardIAS Virtual Conference, part of a series hosted by the GuardIAS Project &
INVASIVESNET, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme.
Registration is free – sign up today 👇
guardias.eu/welcome-to-t...