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Voices of Taxonomy: Pete Hollingsworth on the power of collective action
July 27, 2026Interview with Pete Hollingsworth, Deputy Keeper and Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh In this edition of Voices of Taxonomy, we speak with Pete Hollingsworth, Deputy Keeper and Director of Science at...
From TETTRIs to TETTRIX: a new chapter for European taxonomy
July 23, 2026TETTRIX, the new Horizon Europe project coordinated by CETAF, will officially begin on 1 September 2026. Bringing together 17 partners and two affiliated entities from 10 European countries, the four-year project will strengthen Europe’s taxonomic...
The Libroscope in Action: turning biodiversity literature into FAIR knowledge
July 16, 2026How can millions of pages of biodiversity literature be transformed into FAIR, interconnected and AI-ready knowledge? The CETAF e-Publishing Working Group is organising The Libroscope in Action: Turning Biodiversity Literature into FAIR Knowledge, a three-day...
THRIVE: connecting citizen science with biodiversity monitoring across Europe
July 15, 2026The new Horizon Europe project THRIVE will officially begin on 1 September 2026, with the aim of expanding the role of citizen science in biodiversity and ecosystem monitoring across Europe. Coordinated by the European Citizen...
WBF2026 calls for urgent action to transform biodiversity governance
June 24, 2026The fourth World Biodiversity Forum (WBF2026), held in Davos, Switzerland, from 14 to 19 June under the theme Leading Transformation Together, concluded with the adoption of a resolution calling for urgent and transformative action to...
ERGA, iBOL Europe and CETAF join forces to strengthen biodiversity genomics in Europe
June 21, 2026A landmark alliance of DNA experts across Europe signals the start of an unprecedented effort to build a continent-wide system that applies genomics for protecting European biodiversity. That Europe’s biodiversity faces unprecedented challenges is nothing new:...