Great to see progress in developing Ireland's National Invasive Alien Species Management Plan at National Parks and Wildlife Service workshop today. Delighted to see The Water Forum report on IAS as a key report with Frances Lucy, Joe Caffrey & Jaimie Dick.
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An historic day Università di Parma as the EU GREEN European Alliance Rectors formally signed our European Universities Alliance consortium agreement. Together #EUGreen will progress #EuropeanHigherEducationStrategy driving #Diversity #Inclusion #SocialJustice and #SustainableFutures in our regions.

👀 Checkout the great awareness raising material #BewareOfAliens on preventing #InvasiveAlienSpecies introductions via #soil #pets #ornamental #forestry #angling

Free to use & in most EU languages!

Frances Lucy Helen Roy
Tim Adriaens LifeInvasaqua

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🧵OUT NOW ipbes Assessment on #InvasiveAlienSpecies (IAS)

Huge congratulations to co-chairs Helen Roy Peter Stoett Aníbal Pauchard + all others involved 👏An amazing achievement!

Its evidence will be instrumental in addressing IAS moving forward

Key findings summarised👇1/11

Think about joining #INVASIVESNET ! Share your knowledge on invasive species and collaborate with scientists and environmental managers from your field of expertise or interest. Participate in a wide range of INVASIVESNET activities and other benefits buff.ly/3WPcHiZ 👇

What about an #invasivespecies event back from holidays? SAVE THE DATE‼️ #transnationalcooperation #stakeholders #IASinEurope 🧐👇
🕘September 7, 9 a.m.
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Press Release📢Water users urged to take precautions due to outbreak of Crayfish Plague in the Munster Blackwater catchment bit.ly/3pzxRWu

NPWS and IFI urge all users of any river to implement the Check, Clean & Dry protocol #CheckCleanDryIrl
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Very proud to represent Atlantic Technological University today as a partner on Sustainable Futures Sustainable Futures led by the amazing Dr Marguerite Nyhan and UCC Ireland team, and with Maynooth University at the HEA Collaboration Nation conference in Dublin today. #SustainableDevelopment

A #SpecialIssue of #ManagementOfBiologicalInvasions #MBI is now online with proceedings from the 22nd Int'l Conf. AIS conference! Explore the #OpenAccess #OA research articles 👇 👇 buff.ly/46mpGNQ

🚨Invasive Species Alert: Caterpillars of the invasive Oak Processionary Moth were found in Dublin this week.

Nests & 4 infected oak trees have been removed, monitoring is ongoing by DAFM Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

For more info: bit.ly/3NbacDt
ID sheet: bit.ly/3Xb53Qh

A new study from the Environmental Protection Agency shows there has been no improvement in the water quality of our rivers, lakes, estuaries or coastal waters | rte.ie/b/1388969

Congratulations to Dr Raymond Wilson on submitting his final thesis on 'Environmental management and conservation of Ireland's small marl lakes and their crayfish populations' - congrats to supervisors J Arnscheidt, Y McElarney (AFBI) FLucy (ITS) C McGonigle & J Dooley #PhDone

A desktop study collates all relevant information & data pertaining to the waterbody in order to identify the significant pressures impacting water quality.

To download any of our desktop studies for the Areas for Action below, see our website 👇 lawaters.ie/desktop-studie…

We have two fully funded PhDs on offer to start in autumn 2023 - respectively involving i) oxygen dynamics in Cardiff Bay and ii) novel early warnings of oxygen decline using novel biochemical indicators in sentinel organisms. Contact me for more details

Biosecurity measures are for all water users to adopt⚠️

Don't be vector for the spread of #invasivespecies like Aphanomyces astaci, an organism which can cause up to 100% mortality in white-clawed crayfish!

Learn more at a FREE training event in #Westmeath Westmeath Heritage!👇👇

A great opportunity to spread the word about everyone's role in preventing the spread of invasive species via Atlantic Technological University 'Pint of Science'! Listen to the podcast. I am particularly pleased that the Biomed student liked the biodiversity/ invasives talk best! #biodiversity #invas

Rachel Murphy Teagasc Environment explains the National Agricultural Soil Carbon Observatory EPA Ireland Climate Change Conference. #climateconference23

Eamon Haughey Atlantic Technological University presents on Climate and Land Use at EPA Ireland Climate Change Conference in Dublin Castle this morning. #ClimateAction #landuse

This week was the International Conference on Marine BioInvasions #ICMBXI in Baltimore, and INVASIVESNET Journals will publish two special issues! Stay tuned for more news! International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions #AI #MBI