João Loureiro
@jloureiro13.bsky.social
👨🔬co-PI@FLOWer Lab, and 👨🏫 @Life Sciences Department@University of Coimbra, #scicomm; #indiemusic lover; sports fan; movie and TV addict!
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Happy holidays and a 2026 full of nature! 🎄
From the FLOWer Lab we wish you happy days, many discoveries and time to appreciate the plants, pollinators and the whole natural world around us. 🌸🐝
From the FLOWer Lab we wish you happy days, many discoveries and time to appreciate the plants, pollinators and the whole natural world around us. 🌸🐝
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Happy holidays and a 2026 full of nature! 🎄
From the FLOWer Lab we wish you happy days, many discoveries and time to appreciate the plants, pollinators and the whole natural world around us. 🌸🐝
From the FLOWer Lab we wish you happy days, many discoveries and time to appreciate the plants, pollinators and the whole natural world around us. 🌸🐝
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[1/3] We’re closing out the year with THREE new tools for pollinator identification. 1) Bee image database: Explore over 8,000 macro images covering more than 2,000 European Wild Bee species. Search by family, genus, or country to see diagnostic features in vivid detail 🐝 pollinatoracademy.eu/images
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
[1/3] We’re closing out the year with THREE new tools for pollinator identification. 1) Bee image database: Explore over 8,000 macro images covering more than 2,000 European Wild Bee species. Search by family, genus, or country to see diagnostic features in vivid detail 🐝 pollinatoracademy.eu/images
Fechado para balanço! Umas Festas Felizes!
E como diz a mui querida Ana Markl sejam amor #oamoréonovopunk!
E como diz a mui querida Ana Markl sejam amor #oamoréonovopunk!
December 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Fechado para balanço! Umas Festas Felizes!
E como diz a mui querida Ana Markl sejam amor #oamoréonovopunk!
E como diz a mui querida Ana Markl sejam amor #oamoréonovopunk!
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The EU has published rules for the Pollinator Monitoring Scheme. Butterflies, moths, bees and hoverflies will all be monitored by every Member State. Target to reverse decline in Pollinators by 2030 and increase pops. A big step in conserving biodiversity environment.ec.europa.eu/news/better-...
Better monitoring to support restoration of EU pollinators
The Commission has adopted a new Pollinator Monitoring Scheme to help reverse the decline of pollinator populations by 2030.
environment.ec.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The EU has published rules for the Pollinator Monitoring Scheme. Butterflies, moths, bees and hoverflies will all be monitored by every Member State. Target to reverse decline in Pollinators by 2030 and increase pops. A big step in conserving biodiversity environment.ec.europa.eu/news/better-...
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A Comissão Europeia aprovou o EU-PoMS, o novo esquema que harmoniza a monitorização de polinizadores na UE. O primeiro período abrange 2027 a 2030. A proposta de PT-PoMS desenvolvida no PolinizAÇÃO e entregue ao ICNF está alinhada com o Ato Delegado aprovado. 🐝💛
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Better monitoring to support restoration of EU pollinators
The Commission has adopted a new Pollinator Monitoring Scheme to help reverse the decline of pollinator populations by 2030.
environment.ec.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A Comissão Europeia aprovou o EU-PoMS, o novo esquema que harmoniza a monitorização de polinizadores na UE. O primeiro período abrange 2027 a 2030. A proposta de PT-PoMS desenvolvida no PolinizAÇÃO e entregue ao ICNF está alinhada com o Ato Delegado aprovado. 🐝💛
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
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The @ec.europa.eu approved the EU-PoMS, the new pollinator scheme that harmonises monitoring across the EU. The first period runs from 2027 to 2030. The PT-PoMS proposal developed in PolinizAÇÃO and submitted to ICNF is fully aligned with the Delegated Act. 🐝💛
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Better monitoring to support restoration of EU pollinators
The Commission has adopted a new Pollinator Monitoring Scheme to help reverse the decline of pollinator populations by 2030.
environment.ec.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The @ec.europa.eu approved the EU-PoMS, the new pollinator scheme that harmonises monitoring across the EU. The first period runs from 2027 to 2030. The PT-PoMS proposal developed in PolinizAÇÃO and submitted to ICNF is fully aligned with the Delegated Act. 🐝💛
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
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Super excited to see the EU Delegation Act to monitor pollinators finally published: eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/...
eur-lex.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Super excited to see the EU Delegation Act to monitor pollinators finally published: eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/...
30 anos da SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia! Muitos Parabéns! E muito feliz de poder dar um mui pequeno contributo sob a liderança da Professora Maria Amélia Martins-Loução conjuntamente com muitas outras pessoas que admiro!
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
30 anos da SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia! Muitos Parabéns! E muito feliz de poder dar um mui pequeno contributo sob a liderança da Professora Maria Amélia Martins-Loução conjuntamente com muitas outras pessoas que admiro!
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Magusto 2025!
Bonfire chestnut celebration 2025!
Bonfire chestnut celebration 2025!
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Magusto 2025!
Bonfire chestnut celebration 2025!
Bonfire chestnut celebration 2025!
🐝 Os polinizadores valem milhões... Um novo estudo do FLOWer Lab revela que garantem mais de 2 mil milhões de €/ano à agricultura PT, sendo 1,1 mil milhões assegurados por polinizadores selvagens. Protegê-los é vital para a nossa alimentação, economia e futuro.
Notícia: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Notícia: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Pollinator contribution to crop production: a temporal and economic assessment in Portugal - Regional Environmental Change
Pollination is a key ecosystem service that supports agriculture and food security, with significant economic relevance. Yet, national-scale assessments remain scarce, despite their critical role in i...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🐝 Os polinizadores valem milhões... Um novo estudo do FLOWer Lab revela que garantem mais de 2 mil milhões de €/ano à agricultura PT, sendo 1,1 mil milhões assegurados por polinizadores selvagens. Protegê-los é vital para a nossa alimentação, economia e futuro.
Notícia: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Notícia: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
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🐝 Pollinators are worth billions. A new study from the FLOWer Lab shows they secure over €2B/year for PT agriculture, with €1.1B coming from wild pollinators. Protecting them is essential for our food, economy and future.
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Pollinator contribution to crop production: a temporal and economic assessment in Portugal - Regional Environmental Change
Pollination is a key ecosystem service that supports agriculture and food security, with significant economic relevance. Yet, national-scale assessments remain scarce, despite their critical role in i...
link.springer.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🐝 Pollinators are worth billions. A new study from the FLOWer Lab shows they secure over €2B/year for PT agriculture, with €1.1B coming from wild pollinators. Protecting them is essential for our food, economy and future.
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
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O suspense acabou… 🤭 Já podemos revelar a data e o programa de inauguração da nova exposição do #PavilhaodoConhecimento: “SUPERBICHOS! Incríveis por Natureza”.
📢 Marquem na agenda: 24 de outubro, sexta-feira, a partir das 18.30. Entrada livre.
Programa: www.pavconhecimento.pt/exposicoes/s...
📢 Marquem na agenda: 24 de outubro, sexta-feira, a partir das 18.30. Entrada livre.
Programa: www.pavconhecimento.pt/exposicoes/s...
SUPERBICHOS! Incríveis por Natureza - Inauguração
A exposição
www.pavconhecimento.pt
October 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
O suspense acabou… 🤭 Já podemos revelar a data e o programa de inauguração da nova exposição do #PavilhaodoConhecimento: “SUPERBICHOS! Incríveis por Natureza”.
📢 Marquem na agenda: 24 de outubro, sexta-feira, a partir das 18.30. Entrada livre.
Programa: www.pavconhecimento.pt/exposicoes/s...
📢 Marquem na agenda: 24 de outubro, sexta-feira, a partir das 18.30. Entrada livre.
Programa: www.pavconhecimento.pt/exposicoes/s...
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#OpenAccess
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
Effective pollination is crucial for sweet cherry production, as 82% of its yield depends on animal pollination. However, factors like flower phenology and cultivar compatibility are often overlooked...
doi.org
August 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#OpenAccess
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
Feu! Chatterton - Mille vagues (vidéo officielle)
YouTube video by FeuChatterton
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August 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Very proud to hear this wonderful talk by #SilviaCastro from @pollinet.bsky.social. 👏 #SPECO has been very well represented at @sibecol.bsky.social #congress
June 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Very proud to hear this wonderful talk by #SilviaCastro from @pollinet.bsky.social. 👏 #SPECO has been very well represented at @sibecol.bsky.social #congress
Aranhas a almoçar ou à caça do almoço!
Spiders at lunch or waiting for it!
Spiders at lunch or waiting for it!
May 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Aranhas a almoçar ou à caça do almoço!
Spiders at lunch or waiting for it!
Spiders at lunch or waiting for it!
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We are #hiring a lecturer and #researcher:
- Teaching in ecology and nature conservation
- Research on plant-pollinator interactions
- Supervision of students
- Contribution to our major collaborative projects
Start 01.09.2025
Salary according to TV-L E13, 100%
🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
- Teaching in ecology and nature conservation
- Research on plant-pollinator interactions
- Supervision of students
- Contribution to our major collaborative projects
Start 01.09.2025
Salary according to TV-L E13, 100%
🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
May 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM
We are #hiring a lecturer and #researcher:
- Teaching in ecology and nature conservation
- Research on plant-pollinator interactions
- Supervision of students
- Contribution to our major collaborative projects
Start 01.09.2025
Salary according to TV-L E13, 100%
🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
- Teaching in ecology and nature conservation
- Research on plant-pollinator interactions
- Supervision of students
- Contribution to our major collaborative projects
Start 01.09.2025
Salary according to TV-L E13, 100%
🔗 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
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The Dutch Grassland Butterfly indicator (www.clo.nl/indicatoren/...) shows a decline of more than 70%. It will be hard to achieve an increasing trend in 2030, as required in art 11 in the Nature Restoration Regulation (eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...).
April 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The Dutch Grassland Butterfly indicator (www.clo.nl/indicatoren/...) shows a decline of more than 70%. It will be hard to achieve an increasing trend in 2030, as required in art 11 in the Nature Restoration Regulation (eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...).
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Las moscas florícolas (Syrphidae) son insectos altamente beneficiosos: mientras que los adultos polinizan, sus larvas contribuyen al reciclaje de la materia orgánica 🍂 o al control de plagas agrícolas.
Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇
Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇
April 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Las moscas florícolas (Syrphidae) son insectos altamente beneficiosos: mientras que los adultos polinizan, sus larvas contribuyen al reciclaje de la materia orgánica 🍂 o al control de plagas agrícolas.
Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇
Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇
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How to create a #nature-literate society.
My latest article @theconversation.com
Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
Notice
Name
Nurture
#GreenJobs
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My latest article @theconversation.com
Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
Notice
Name
Nurture
#GreenJobs
theconversation.com/heres-how-to...
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Here’s how to create a more nature-literate society
Nature literacy has inspired creativity and innovation for thousands of years.
theconversation.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
How to create a #nature-literate society.
My latest article @theconversation.com
Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
Notice
Name
Nurture
#GreenJobs
theconversation.com/heres-how-to...
@uclnews.bsky.social @curlewaction.bsky.social
My latest article @theconversation.com
Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
Notice
Name
Nurture
#GreenJobs
theconversation.com/heres-how-to...
@uclnews.bsky.social @curlewaction.bsky.social
Ontem foi um dia muito bonito! Obrigado a todos os envolvidos!
Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!
Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!
March 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ontem foi um dia muito bonito! Obrigado a todos os envolvidos!
Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!
Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!
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🌿 New publication with FLOWer Lab’s contribution!
With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!
With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!
March 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🌿 New publication with FLOWer Lab’s contribution!
With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!
With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!
Reposted by João Loureiro
UNEP regularly publishes the latest science and reports on multiple environmental matters to advance solutions to the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.
Access these resources here: www.unep.org/topics/digit...
Access these resources here: www.unep.org/topics/digit...
March 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
UNEP regularly publishes the latest science and reports on multiple environmental matters to advance solutions to the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.
Access these resources here: www.unep.org/topics/digit...
Access these resources here: www.unep.org/topics/digit...
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🐝 New publication!
The chapter "Taxonomy of European Apoidea: Anthophila", by Hugo Gaspar (FLOWer Lab) & Simone Flaminio (Univ. of Mons), provides a practical guide to bee diversity & identification in Europe.
📖 Part of "Hidden and Wild: An Integrated Study of European Wild Bees". Read it 👇
The chapter "Taxonomy of European Apoidea: Anthophila", by Hugo Gaspar (FLOWer Lab) & Simone Flaminio (Univ. of Mons), provides a practical guide to bee diversity & identification in Europe.
📖 Part of "Hidden and Wild: An Integrated Study of European Wild Bees". Read it 👇
Taxonomy of European Apoidea Anthophila
While taxonomy in general is not often widely considered a thriving scientific subject, European bee taxonomy is living in an exciting era, pushed by a new generation of taxonomists who are creating r...
link.springer.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🐝 New publication!
The chapter "Taxonomy of European Apoidea: Anthophila", by Hugo Gaspar (FLOWer Lab) & Simone Flaminio (Univ. of Mons), provides a practical guide to bee diversity & identification in Europe.
📖 Part of "Hidden and Wild: An Integrated Study of European Wild Bees". Read it 👇
The chapter "Taxonomy of European Apoidea: Anthophila", by Hugo Gaspar (FLOWer Lab) & Simone Flaminio (Univ. of Mons), provides a practical guide to bee diversity & identification in Europe.
📖 Part of "Hidden and Wild: An Integrated Study of European Wild Bees". Read it 👇