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MAMBO project wraps up: Delivering innovative tools for next-generation biodiversity monitoring

MAMBO project wraps up: Delivering innovative tools for next-generation biodiversity monitoring

The text below is part of a press release published by EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo. Understanding where and when biodiversity is thriving is one of the biggest challenges facing conservation today - and one that traditional monitoring methods have long struggled to meet at scale. That's where the MAMBO project has made its mark. As the project officially concludes, MAMBO leaves behind a legacy of technological innovation, ...

MAMBO releases its Legacy Booklet

MAMBO releases its Legacy Booklet

MAMBO has released its Legacy Booklet, a comprehensive overview of the tools, findings and policy contributions developed throughout the project. Funded under the European Union's Horizon Europe programme, MAMBO brought together ten partner institutions from across Europe to explore how artificial intelligence, computer vision, bioacoustics, remote sensing (including LiDAR), drones and citizen science can transform the way biodiversity is moni...

Six research projects work together to reduce the lag between biodiversity data and action

Six research projects work together to reduce the lag between biodiversity data and action

The text below is part of a press release published by EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo. Biodiversity is enormously diverse, unevenly observed, and constantly in motion across space and time. This makes it far harder to monitor than many other parts of the environment. As a result, managing biodiversity often depends on information that is incomplete, delayed or unevenly distributed. At the very moment when rapid change makes time...

MAMBO's mission continues with BMD

MAMBO's mission continues with BMD

As MAMBO comes to a close this August, we're proud to see the tools developed over the course of the project carry forward into another EU-funded project: Biodiversity Meets Data (BMD). Over the past years, MAMBO has advanced camera, sound and remote sensing technologies to facilitate data capture for species tracking and habitat assessment. BMD builds on this foundation and takes the next step, addressing what happens after the data is generated...

Highlights from MAMBO’s participation in ECE 2026

Highlights from MAMBO’s participation in ECE 2026

From 29 June to 3 July, MAMBO participated in the XIII European Congress of Entomology (ECE 2026) that took place in Tours, France. The event welcomed more than 1,400 participants from across Europe – mainly members of the academic community – with a shared goal to study and preserve the world of insects. Throughout the event, MAMBO’s project materials were displayed at the dissemination booth of our project partner Pensoft. The Congress parti...

MAMBO project results now available on the Horizon Results Platform

MAMBO project results now available on the Horizon Results Platform

We're pleased to announce that key results from the MAMBO project are now published on the Horizon Results Platform, the European Commission's official tool for showcasing and disseminating the outcomes of EU-funded research and innovation projects. The platform helps beneficiaries share their Key Exploitable Results (KERs) with the right audiences, connects stakeholders, whether policy-makers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, or innovat...

First European biodiversity portals meeting convenes in Leiden

First European biodiversity portals meeting convenes in Leiden

On 23 and 24 June 2025, the first meeting of European biodiversity portals took place at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. Organised as part of the EU Horizon MAMBO project, the gathering brought together representatives from many of the continent's largest national and regional biodiversity portals - platforms that collectively harness the contributions of tens of thousands of citizen scientists recording tens of millions...

Closing the gap between biodiversity observation and action

Closing the gap between biodiversity observation and action

Knowing what is happening to biodiversity right now, across landscapes and ecosystems, is harder than it sounds. Species are difficult to identify, surveys are uneven, and the journey from a field observation to usable information is long. By the time data is cleaned, verified and published, the situation on the ground has often already moved on. This is the core problem explored in a new policy brief developed jointly by MAMBO and five other ...

MAMBO's monitoring solutions at Bagnas Nature Reserve

MAMBO's monitoring solutions at Bagnas Nature Reserve

MAMBO recently hosted a field excursion at the Bagnas Nature Reserve, bringing together project partners and representatives of the B-Cubed project. The excursion began with an outdoor presentation of the Bagnas Nature Reserve, its management framework, and the constraints and pressures it faces. This provided an opportunity to discuss the management challenges related to the impact of climate change on the reserve's biodiversity and the chose...

MAMBO's final in-person meeting takes place in Montpellier

MAMBO's final in-person meeting takes place in Montpellier

MAMBO held its final in-person meeting on 4 May 2026 in Montpellier, France, marking a significant milestone as the project prepares to conclude. The event brought together project partners to reflect on achievements, showcase technological innovations, and discuss the future of biodiversity monitoring tools beyond the project's lifetime. It centred on the practical deployment and long-term uptake of technologies developed throughout the project. ...

MAMBO takes center stage at BioMonWeek 2026 with presentations and collaborative booth

MAMBO takes center stage at BioMonWeek 2026 with presentations and collaborative booth

From 4 to 8 May, the MAMBO project co-hosted a booth alongside EU-funded projects BMD and OneSTOP at the Biodiversity Monitoring Week (BioMonWeek)Conference in Montpellier, France. Throughout the conference, MAMBO partners delivered cutting-edge presentations on remote sensing technologies and capacity building, contributing to Europe's collaborative approach to biodiversity monitoring. The conference, co-organised by Biodiversa+, BioAgora, ...

Transforming biodiversity monitoring through cutting-edge technologies

Transforming biodiversity monitoring through cutting-edge technologies

The text below is part of a press release that has been published by EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo. Biodiversity monitoring faces significant challenges across Europe, from the labour-intensive nature of traditional field surveys to the shortage of taxonomic expertise needed to identify species. The EU-funded project MAMBO (Modern Approaches to the Monitoring of Biodiversity) addresses these challenges through innovative ...