Invasive flora species in Mediterranean Wetlands
Wetlands are critical habitats and highly productive ecosystems, providing environmental, social and economic services to the local communities (so-called ecosystem services).
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Wetlands are critical habitats and highly productive ecosystems, providing environmental, social and economic services to the local communities (so-called ecosystem services).
Lampropeltis californiae, the California kingsnake, is native to southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico. It has been reported as invasive on the island of Gran Canaria where no native species of snakes existed before.
Aquaculture and floating marine litter have been identified as introduction pathways for invasive alien species in Europe.
EASIN is glad to announce the enlargement of the data partners network. Three more scientific entities have agreed to share scientific information and spatial data on alien species with the scientific community, managers, and general public via EASIN platform.
Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is a fast-growing and strong clump-forming perennial plant native to East Asia in Japan, China and Korea, introduced in Europe as ornamental and forage plant during the early 19th century.
Aquarium industry is considered an important source of invasive aquatic species introductions globally.
Citizen Science is currently one of the hottest topics in environmental research, increasing our understanding of the natural world, democratizing science, raising awareness among non-experts and enhancing policy.
The new version of EASIN GeoDatabase has been released, including 53,233,693 species observations, 5,113,205 more than the previous version.
The LIFE project STOPVESPA calls for beekeepers and citizens' help in monitoring the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) in Italy by creating traps from transparent PVC empty bottles. You can find instructions about how to make the trap here.
Aquaculture is a key component of the European fisheries sector, producing 20% of the annual fish production.
Close to 7,000 different species are owned by pet owners across Europe, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish.
In few weeks, pests' populations will be on the rise, ravaging several plants. Among those, the invasive Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica), a 1cm long insect, native to Japan, spotted for the first time in Europe in July 2014 close to the river Ticino, in Northern Italy.
RELIONMED is a four year project, funded by the EU LIFE instrument, aiming to set the basis for the mitigation of lionfish impacts through the development of an early warning and response system and the development of best practices for its control.
The latest version of the EASIN Catalogue, 7.0, contains the result of the revision of scientific information on Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibia, marine plankton, and terrestrial Platyhelminthes (flatworms) performed by the taxonomists Riccardo Scalera, Lyudmila Kamburska, and Jean-Lou Justine.
We warmly welcome to EASIN Team Ioannis Giovos, marine biologist with a background on conservation of Mediterranean endangered marine megafauna species.