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Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
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Ecologist interested in biological invasions, weed ecology, gardening, and citizen science. Coordinator of http://plantalert.org
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bsbibotany.bsky.social
New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Reposted by Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
onestop-project.eu
🎞️ On 27 August, a media feature on the CamAlien was shown on Belgian national television, bringing attention to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the detection of invasive alien species.
👀 Watch the video: www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/ki...
🔎 Read more: onestop-project.eu/news/camalie...
Snelle camera's met AI helpen invasieve exoten langs de waterkant te bestrijden | VRT NWS: nieuws
Altijd op de hoogte van het laatste nieuws uit binnen- en buitenland dankzij de betrouwbare en diepgaande berichtgeving van VRT NWS.
www.vrt.be
September 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
inadehn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pot-plant trade is ‘hitchhiker pathway’ for invasive flatworms, say UK experts
Rise in sightings prompts call for ban on soil imports, to prevent entry of more species that eat earthworms and degrade soil
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Reposted by Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
natureconservation.pensoft.net
A new article from @theguardian.com explores the spread of invasive raccoons in Europe, featuring research from our journal on their diet of endangered mussels in western Poland.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city – and are heading across Europe
Many in Kassel have embraced the animal but the EU classes it as an invasive species and ecologists are divided about what to do next
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Reposted by Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
ipbes.net
🌍 For the 1st time, we have a systematic global overview of how #InvasiveAlienSpecies change the environment and people's lives.

.—Prof. Sven Bacher

Discover GIDIAS: 22,000+ records on IAS impacts, now open to researchers worldwide. Watch the full story! 🎥

📖🧪 More: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Reposted by Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
ipbes.net
Calling young UK-based artists!

To celebrate 50 years of CITES 🌍, the Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk is hosting an art competition for 7–18-year-olds to draw or paint an endangered species. 🎨

🧪Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved...
BioArtAttack 2D
BioArtAttack 2D is a drawing and painting competition for children aged 7-18 years old to draw or paint their favourite animal, plant or fungi. The Nancy Rothwell Prize is now a sub-category for speci...
www.rsb.org.uk
June 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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daisyproject.bsky.social
🌼 Join us on 11 June for “Turning on Transformation” — an online workshop exploring how to put policy into practice (and practice into policy) through real-world transformative change.
🕑 14:00–15:30 CEST
🔗 Registration open tinyurl.com/zjfwzppz

#DAISYProject #PLANET4B #Biodiversity #Transformation
May 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Reposted by Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
onestop-project.eu
🗓️ On 8 May, during the Iberian Week of Invasive Species, BIOPOLIS-CIBIO are hosting a OneSTOP Living Lab workshop on innovative #IAS management strategies. 👽

🔜 Learn more: onestop-project.eu/news/onestop...

#SEI2025 #Bioinvasions @eualiens.bsky.social @invasionscience.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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coventrycawr.bsky.social
A new paper by Yitbarek Weldesemeat, who recently completed his PhD at CAWR, highlights the importance of community involvement in tree planting initiatives. Yitbarek investigated 13 tree planting schemes in Ethiopia: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
April 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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coventrycawr.bsky.social
Join us at Wyken Croft Nature Park on Friday 25th of April, 11am-1pm for the City Nature Challenge. Sign-up here: bit.ly/3GgCxby
April 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Reposted by Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
onestop-project.eu
🎉 Officially introducing the first version of our website! 🎊

Explore resources on invasive alien species management via onestop-project.eu

#InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #Bioinvasions
April 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
inadehn.bsky.social
One of my favourite events of the year: the @warwickshireccc.bsky.social annual biological recorders meeting. Amazing venue, also recruiting for our OneSTOP invasive species Living Lab
March 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
inadehn.bsky.social
Looking for a PhD in biological invasion? Come and join us at Coventry University @coventrycawr.bsky.social this September to study emerging invasive plants. Project in collaboration with @bsbiscience.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social and linked to @onestop-project.eu.
Emerging invasive alien species and their management
This fully funded studentship explores the early identification of emerging invasive alien plants in Britain and stakeholders' awareness and management responses.
www.coventry.ac.uk
March 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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theguardian.com
Immigration’s a hot topic – and it applies to non-native plants, animals and insects, all over the world | Tim Blackburn
Immigration’s a hot topic – and it applies to non-native plants, animals and insects, all over the world | Tim Blackburn
Biodiversity is great in theory, but there are reasons to fend off invasive alien species and the knock-on effect of their presence, says professor of invasion biology Tim Blackburn
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Reposted by Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
agent-sprout.bsky.social
Just a reminder about the postdoc position in the post quoted below, applications close 7th March! 👇

Also colleagues are advertising another similar one, on using large data sets to investigate the drivers of pest and pathogen outbreaks in agriculture: www.slu.se/en/about-slu... (closes March 19)
agent-sprout.bsky.social Chloe MacLaren @agent-sprout.bsky.social · Jan 30
Postdoc opportunity for someone with good data wrangling and analysis skills to explore the effects of agroecological farming practices using long-term experiment datasets 🌾🌻🌦️🌐📈🤎💚🧪

At SLU in Uppsala, Sweden, with Riccardo Bommarco, Giulia Vico, and me:
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
Jobs and vacancies at SLU. | slu.se
Jobs and vacancies at SLU. Read more about each job by clicking the job title. Please, follow the instructions closely when applying.
www.slu.se
February 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
inadehn.bsky.social
Part-time postdoc position available in my group to work in the @onestop-project.eu and @daisyproject.bsky.social projects testing novel invasive species detection and monitoring tools in living labs. 1 year initially, but potential to extent.
Research Fellow in Biodiversity and Society
Research Fellow in Biodiversity and Society
cugcareers.coventry.ac.uk
February 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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efsa-plants.bsky.social
You can now register and attend remotely on
📆 26 February 2025, 9am - 1pm (CET)
the #PlantHealth Panel Plenary Meeting, to learn more about #RiskAssessment and especially #Commodity Risk Assessment in relation to plant health.

Please register by 21 Feb 2025 → www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/13...
January 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Reposted by Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
daisyproject.bsky.social
🌼 Introducing Horizon Europe DAISY 🌼
DAISY will identify and test innovative socio-technological interventions, assess key enabling factors through case studies, and provide policy recommendations to advance biodiversity and equity. Led by #CoventryUniversity, funded by the #EuropeanUnion.
January 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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bsbibotany.bsky.social
Results of our 14th #NewYearPlantHunt are out!
>3K hunters, 647 wild & naturalised species in bloom, c25K records: plans afoot to extend the Hunt across rest of year.
Huge thanks to all plant hunters!
Summary/ press release here: bsbi.org/download/45297
Longer report here: bsbi.org/download/45290
Dan and Ada found 3-cornered leek on their New Year Plant Hunt 20-month old Evri and her NYPH spotter sheet Finding a Hellebore in bloom during a group hunt on the south coast
January 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Reposted by Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
onestop-project.eu
As we approach the end of day 3️⃣ of our joint #GuardiasOnestopKickoff here are some afternoon session highlights:

📌 Stakeholder interview implementation on different levels
📌 Citizen science involvement through Sentinel garden schemes for #IAS
📌One-Biosecurity integrated governance for invasions
January 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
inadehn.bsky.social
We found good governance practice is important to achieve sustainable outcomes from tree planting schemes. New paper with results from Yitbarek's PhD:
Investigating tree planting in Ethiopia and the extent to which scheme implementation aligns with good governance practices
Tree planting schemes are implemented to achieve social, cultural, economic, and environmental goals. Various frameworks and guidelines outline good g…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:18 AM
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timeshighered.bsky.social
Union members have threatened strike action after Coventry University announced plans to make nearly 100 academics redundant and to transfer others to a subsidiary company. Juliette Rowsell reports
bit.ly/4ghVhVv
Coventry to axe 92 jobs and transfer academics to subsidiary firm
Remaining staff will lose access to Teachers’ Pensions Scheme as union attacks ‘Scrooge playbook’ cuts
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December 17, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Reposted by Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
eockinger.bsky.social
I have an open position (fully funded for 4 years) for a PhD candidate in a project on pollinator communities and populations in relation to forest structure and microclimate.
See more, and apply here: www.slu.se/en/about-slu....
Jobs and vacancies at SLU. | slu.se
Jobs and vacancies at SLU. Read more about each job by clicking the job title. Please, follow the instructions closely when applying.
www.slu.se
December 17, 2024 at 5:49 PM
inadehn.bsky.social
This would not have been possible without citizen scientists.
Rapid spread of bee-killing Asian hornets halted in UK
Action helps thwart advance of invasive yellow-legged hornet that can kill 50 bees a day and has devastated honeybee colonies in France and Italy
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Reposted by Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
guardias.bsky.social
#GuardIAS (Guarding European Waters from IAS) is a new Horizon Europe project aiming to offer solutions that address every phase of the invasion process (pre-border, border, post border). This is the official BlueSky account of the project.
#bioinvasions #MarineEcology #AquaticEcology #Science 🧪
The structure of the GuardIAS project in Work Packages linked to the stages of the invasion process.
November 25, 2024 at 3:05 PM