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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 ...

Improving the cost-effectiveness of European biodiversity monitoring

Improving the cost-effectiveness of European biodiversity monitoring

What does it really cost to monitor biodiversity across Europe, and is it worth it? Those were the central questions addressed by Dr Tom Breeze (University of Reading) in a recent talk delivered to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), drawing on findings from the MAMBO and EuropaBon projects. Europe's biodiversity is in serious decline, and while EU policy increasingly demands action, the monitoring data needed to underpin that acti...

Testing innovative biodiversity monitoring technologies across Europe

Testing innovative biodiversity monitoring technologies across Europe

The text below is part of a press release that has been published by EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo. Demonstration sites are central to achieving MAMBO's objectives, serving as the environments where the project's innovations are tested, validated, and showcased. The EU-funded project MAMBO (Modern Approaches to the Monitoring of Biodiversity) has established a network of 12 demonstration sites across six European countries, wh...

MAMBO holds a demonstration day in Malta

MAMBO holds a demonstration day in Malta

The MAMBO project successfully held a demonstration event titled “Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Measurable Biodiversity Impacts” on 8 April in Valletta, Malta. The event was organised by project partners at Ecostack Innovations and brought together participants to explore MAMBO's innovative tools and approaches for biodiversity monitoring. The session began with an introduction to the MAMBO project and a suite of five project-derive...

MAMBO demonstration day showcases biodiversity monitoring innovations at Bagnas

MAMBO demonstration day showcases biodiversity monitoring innovations at Bagnas

The MAMBO project recently held a demonstration day at the Bagnas site, bringing together participants to explore innovative biodiversity monitoring tools developed by the project. The event included presentations and on-site demonstrations of sensors and methods deployed at the Bagnas Natural Reserve, providing practical insights into their operation and potential applications. Find the videos of the demonstration day morning presentations...