Develop a versatile and globally applicable innovative toolkit using #EO data to map and monitor changes in terrestrial, freshwater & coastal ecosystems.
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🌿 The latest WEEDynamics newsletter is out! Discover our highligts:
➡️successfully completed the Critical Design Review,
➡️expanding toolbox testing to 11 countries,
➡️catch updates from #WBF2026 #EGU26, #StatEO26 and #ESPConference
Read the newsletter: mailchi.mp/vito.be/weedynami…
📍At #WBF2026, Marcel Buchhorn @VITO_RS_ will present the WEED toolbox, helping countries report on GBF Headline Indicator A.2. The toolbox will be released this year, so stay tuned!
WBF2026-493 | Orals | GBF5
🗓 15 June 2026🕒15:45–16:00📍Room Sertig
meetingorganizer.copernicus.…
🌿🌍 Save the date! The 4th edition of the World Biodiversity Forum WBF2026 will take place from 14-19 June 2026 in ☀️Davos. Check out our new website on buff.ly/a5uJHGS and sign up for WBF News. Follow us on bluesky (use worldbioforum as handle) for future WBF News.
ESA World Ecosystem Extent Dynamics retweeted
🐄 Livestock experience heat stress above 25°C
🌾 Crop yields decline above 30°C
👩🌾 Extreme heat is are taking a toll on farmers
The latest WMO-@fao report details how heat stress is impacting agriculture — and what can be done to reduce these risks.
bit.ly/49pZUuZ
📍#StatEO2026 in Frascati, Italy (5–7 May)
📆On 6 May, @smets_b presented the progress of the WEED platform: “World Ecosystem Extent Dynamics, a toolbox for countries to report on SEEA-EA accounts and GBF Headline indicator A.2”
➡️More about the project: esa-worldecosystems.org/en
📍At the #EGU26 in Vienna (3–8 May), Polina Tregubova from #iDiv presented: “Spatially-explicit uncertainty assessment of ecosystem extent mapping”. Read more about our spatial solution for estimating the uncertainty of maps using #ML algorithms🌎: meetingorganizer.copernicus.…
Exciting week ahead at the #IUCNCongress in Abu Dhabi, 9–15 October!
📅 10 Oct, 6:00 - 7:30 PM – Marc Paganini (ESA) on the WEED Toolbox
📅 11 Oct, 4:00 - 5:30 PM – Bruno Smets (VITO) on developing aligned #NatureMetrics for business
Join us👉 tinyurl.com/4mt7tvyr
⏳Just 1 week to go! On Sept 25 at the #AI4EO Workshop in Bonn, @carstmey will present the WEED toolbox, an #open-source #EO solution for scalable #ecosystem mapping & monitoring
👉 Workshop details: ml4earth.de/workshop_2025/
#EarthObservation #FAIRdata #Biodiversity
🔔The WEED project will be presented at the GEO Global Forum in Rome:
🗓️Tue, 6 May at 2PM
📒Session 16 Earth Intelligence in Action
💡Live stream available
See more details: : earthobservations.org/about-…
#biodiversity #ecosystemsAccounting #EarthObservation @GEOSEC2025
🌐The 2nd WEED Newsletter is out! 🚀
Key highlights:
✅ Learn about our progress
✅ Champion Users collaboration
✅ WEED events - BIOSPACE25, GEO Global Forum & LPS25
📩 Read more & register if you haven't: mailchi.mp/vito.be/weedynami…
#biodiversity #ecosystemaccounting #EO
ESA World Ecosystem Extent Dynamics retweeted
🚀 #BIOSPACE25 is live! The ARIES team from @BC3Research with @VITO_RS_ & @WUR leads an #EcosystemAccounting workshop, connecting environmental data to policy. Learn how #EO data supports KM-GBF & SEEA for biodiversity monitoring 👇
🔴Join the meeting shorturl.at/rCAwN
⏰Don't miss, today @smets_b and Ioannis Kokkoris @upatras from the WEED project will present advancements in open ecosystem mapping and accounting.
Follow the discussions from here: biospace25.esa.int/live-stre…
🌍📊 How can ecosystem accounting, powered by #EarthObservation & advanced modelling, enhance #biodiversity monitoring & policy?
At #BioSpace25 @smets_b & Ioannis Kokkoris @upatras will represent WEED.
▶️Live stream available!
▶️Read more: esa-worldecosystems.org/en/w…
#RemoteSensing
🌍 We are excited to be participating in #BIOSPACE25, the first global conference on Satellite Remote Sensing for biodiversity, where we'll share progress on our open ecosystem mapping solutions!
🔗 Learn more: esa-worldecosystems.org/en
#EarthObservation #Biodiversity #ESAWEED
🌍 The World Ecosystem Extent Dynamics (WEED) Project's first newsletter is out! 🌱
📌 Highlights:
✅Kick-off at ESA ESRIN
✅WEED at COP16, Colombia
✅Advances in global ecosystem mapping using #EarthObservation & #AI.
🔗 Read more: mailchi.mp/vito.be/weedynami…
#Biodiversity
💡On 26 October, a meeting was held on the sidelines of #COP16Colombia, with the 16 representatives from several Colombian ministries, IDEAM, SINCHI, INVEMAR, DANE and the Humboldt Institute, to align activities around #ecosystem mapping.
Read more➡️ esa-worldecosystems.org/en/m…
ESA World Ecosystem Extent Dynamics retweeted
On our way to @COP16Oficial, the 16th World #Biodiversity Conference! 🍃🦒🐦
Reach out to colleague @smets_b if you're interested in how #EO data can help monitoring the ecosystem.
He'll also present @esa's World Ecosystem extent Dynamics (#WEED) project
esa-worldecosystems.org/en/w…
🔔Exciting news! On Oct 28, #GEO , #ESA & #VITO_RS_ are hosting a session at #COP16 on "Building capacities in countries to map and monitor ecosystem distribution." Discover how #EO data can support global #biodiversity efforts!
Learn more ➡️ esa-worldecosystems.org/en/w…
🌐We've launched the ESA World Ecosystems website! Using #EarthObservation data, we map & monitor terrestrial, freshwater & coastal ecosystems. In collaboration with global authorities, we support key frameworks like CBD, SDGs & the Paris Agreement.
🔗 esa-worldecosystems.org/en
