BCL_GR

We're moving on from X! You can now find us on Bluesky for all updates. See you there! 🌐💬 bsky.app/profile/bclab-…

🌍🦗 Ready for a summer adventure? Join the Greek Summer School on Orthoptera Sound System! 📅 22–28 July 2025, Konitsa 🇬🇷 🎶 Learn bioacoustics 🌿Explore nature 🔗 Apply by 25 April: bc.lab.uoi.gr/en/education-t… @TETTRIsEU @BosqueAnimadoEA #Orthoptera #Bioacoustics

A recent study by our #PhD student @juvekostas in @bat_uoi and our brilliant team was just published in #JournalforNatureConservation ⛰️ This study focuses the seasonal distribution & habitat selection of the Balkan #chamois on Mt #Olympus Link here👉doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.…

📢 We're hiring! 🌱 #iDiv's BioSyn lab seeks 2 student assistants for an ERC project on biodiversity change in the Anthropocene. 🗓️ Start: March 2025 📍 Remote, Field Work & Leipzig Apply by Dec 13th! More info on job and application: idiv.de/career/job-ope… @UniHalle

🌿Σας προσκαλούμε με χαρά σε συνάντηση του προγράμματος Apollo ! 🌿 📅⌚️Δευτέρα -18.11, το απόγευμα ⌚️ 17:30: Συνάντηση νέων εθελοντών & φίλων ⌚️ 19:00: Συνάντηση μελών – Μην χάσετε την ατζέντα! Σύνδεσμος συνάντησης: meet.google.com/jfe-pasb-dfg ✨#Volunteers #ApolloProgram #Event

#PilotProject on the value of #RoadlessAreas for the conservation of #OldGrowthForests has just started! #EU legislation demands their mapping and strict protection. Where are they? We search for this treasure in the wild heart of Greece! Link: shorturl.at/BlI6h @bat_uoi

A recent study by our #PhD student in @bat_uoi (@StefanidisTolis) and our brilliant team was just published in @InsectDiversity🌿 This study focuses on 2 Endangered #Orthoptera species in #GR & their threats and #conservation implications🦗 Link here👉 doi.org/10.1111/icad.1…

Butterflies- not just beautiful, but essential! 🦋 Sadly, they are declining in many areas of the world... Protecting pollinators safeguards #biodiversity. Learn more from @ipbes #PollinationAssessment 👉 ipbes.net/assessment-rep…

First impression of the #Nature #Restoration #Law (in Greek) dasarxeio.com/2024/08/01/138… -T

Insects account for an estimated 75% of animal life on Earth and are an invaluable and integral part of all life on our planet. 🐝🐛🦋🐞🐜🪰🪲🪳🦟🦗🕷️ Let’s appreciate and protect insects #ForNature and for ourselves.

Exciting news! Our lab just published a new article in Biological Conservation doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc… This study sheds light on the impacts of the fast deployment of Renewable Energy Sources in roadless areas and suggest new strategies for conservation. #conservation #research

We did it! We submitted a proposal to the Green Fund to develop our #butterfly scheme apollo with a mobile app, an interactive website and seminars for volunteers to name a few. If we are approved it will be a model project as it incorporates decision making on a democratic basis

📘Editor's Choice Article "Balkan #Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica) Avoids Roads, Settlements, and Hunting Grounds: An #Ecological Overview from #Timfi Mountain, Greece" by Vassiliki Kati et al. 👉mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/4…

Do not forget today's meeting of apollo-Greek butterfly monitoring scheme at 6pm. We'll welcome the new sampling season and try to answer all of your questions. Members will receive an invitation to join. See you soon..

Breaking news from SCB Europe Section's Policy Committee. The first roadless legislation in the EU was covered by @ScienceMagazine, with authors Vassiliki Kati (@gr_conservation), Nuria Selva, and Per S-G @PerSG3. (More info on the BCL website) science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…