EU Grassland Watch
EU Grassland Watch uses @CopernicusEU data to monitor grassland dominated Natura 2000 sites. @EU_Commission @EU_ENV
- ❄️🌱 Season’s greetings from #EUGW 🌱❄️ As grasslands across Europe enter winter dormancy, our team has been hard at work preparing the service for its 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ launch! Check out recent highlights, policy developments shaping grassland monitoring, key events, & more: www.linkedin.com/pulse/eugw-n...
- 🗺 Copernicus Land Service High-Resolution Layers updates are live! ➡ New Croplands product and improved #Grasslands layers For #EUGW, this means: 🟢 More precise grassland management signals 🟢 Better annual trend tracking 🟢 Stronger support for #Natura2000 conservation
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- 🌿 Natural grasslands make up around 30% of Europe 🇪🇺 & are among its most threatened ecosystems With data from the @CopernicusLand, #EUGW makes it easier to track change, assess condition & support conservation across #Natura2000 sites Explore how 👇 land.copernicus.eu/e...
- #ICYMI We recently published an article exploring the dual role of 🛰️ Earth Observation (#EO) and #Copernicus Rather than seeing defence and environment as competing priorities, the piece argues they should be viewed as complementary
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- 📢 Highlight at the EuroGEO Workshop in #TheHague 🇳🇱: Mark Dowell (DG JRC) mentioned the #EUGW service and indicated that DG Environment was considering setting up a similar project for the monitoring and preservation of European 🇪🇺 wetlands 💧 Stay tuned❗️
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- Dive into @drgeoffsmith.bsky.social op-ed exploring how the #EO & Copernicus 🛰️ communities are evolving to meet growing challenges by integrating environmental & security priorities, rather than separating them, to deliver shared, interoperable services that support both policy & defence needs
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- #ICYMI The #EUGW team presented at the 6th Eurosite #Natura2000 Monitoring Workshop❗ During the 'Monitoring Habitat Management & Restoration' session, @drgeoffsmith.bsky.social, presented our near-operational #EO service to experts & discussed the coverage we have in terms of grassland information
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- Did you know that the 6⃣th #Natura2000 Monitoring Workshop is taking place next week? And we'll be presenting❗️ 🗓️ 2 October 🕚 11:00 - 12:00 ➡️ Session 12: 'Monitoring Habitat Management & Restoration' Check out the event programme 👇 www.eurosite.org/event/6th-na...
- At the recent Eurosite Annual Meeting in #Vilnius 🇱🇹, George Catean (Fundatia ADEPT), highlighted how #EUGW can help better map and monitor the evolution of grasslands in #Romania 🇷🇴 He selected site Târnava Mare (ROSCI0227) as an example for evaluating ploughing and mowing events through time
- #DYK that we are taking part in the Eurosite Annual Conference 2025 in #Vilnius 🇱🇹? The session 'Grasslands 🌱 as biodiversity hotspots' recently started and will go on until the end of the day If you are on site, come listen to our colleagues❗️
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- #DYK that we attended #IALE2025 in #Bratislava 🇸🇰 this week❓ Our team demonstrated the latest functionalities of our web platform 🗺 and presented the progress achieved over the last few months. The #EUGW platform currently maps over 1️⃣6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ #Natura2000 sites 🌾
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- 📍Ile Grande, in North-West #Brittany 🇫🇷 As part of the #Natura2000 network & protected under the Habitats Directive since April 2002, this #coastal dune grassland represents one of the 10 habitats of the Pink Granite 🪨 Coast, which hosts over 10 🇪🇺 protected species, including the shore dock
- Our latest newsletter is out❗️ This edition features how the EAGLE concept is reshaping land characterisation, capturing the complexity of grasslands beyond fixed labels We also explore how #EUGW applies EAGLE’s approach to describe land based on its real characteristics www.linkedin.com/pul...
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- 📍Marais de la Haute-Semois et Bois de Heinsch, in southern #Belgium 🇧🇪 at the border with #Luxembourg 🇱🇺 As part of the #Natura2000 network, this area is home to a variety of habitats, ranging from meadows 🪻 to wetlands & provides refuge for many species, including bats 🦇, birds 🐦, & more
- 📢 Our latest newsletter is out❗️ This edition highlights: 🟢 The EAGLE concept 🟢 A selected #Natura2000 site 🗺️ 🟢 Past and upcoming events 🟢 and more 🌱 Read it now 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/eugw-n...
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- #EUGW 🌱 builds on the EAGLE concept to provide richer, more flexible descriptions of #grasslands, going beyond fixed land cover classes The approach, now adopted by #EEA and #CLMS, is detailed in a new paper just published in Land: 📰 www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14...
- We've had a busy half year so far❗ As summer 🌻 approaches, it is fun to look back at our achievements & our growing community It has been a great joy meeting all of you, scientists & professionals Keep up to date with our latest developments 👇 dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/541652...
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- The #EUGW team had a blast at @esa.int's #LPS25 this week❗ We are grateful for the insightful discussions, new connections, and shared passion for #EO and land monitoring 🌱 A big thank you to everyone who attended our presentation, we appreciate your interest and enthusiasm 🌾
- At @esa.int's #LPS25, our colleague Jan Misurec (Gisat) discusses #EUGW's 3⃣ thematic components/characterisation: 🟢 Grassland Type 🟢 Grassland Management 🟢 Grassland Productivity #Biodiversity
- Looking for souvenirs from #LPS25 for family and friends? 🎁📬 Stop by the EU Commission #Copernicus area for an #EUGW 🌿 postcard❗ #Biodiversity
- Couldn’t wake up early enough to catch our presentation at #LPS25❓ No problem! Watch the recording 🎥 here 👇 youtu.be/ELPZ4c2uvqQ?... #EUGW #Copernicus #Biodiversity
- It’s in one hour! ⏰ Don’t miss the presentation on our project at #LPS25. 🕣 8:30 📍 Room 1.34 A great chance to learn more about #EUGW and chat with the project team! #Copernicus #Biodiversity
- Don't forget that our colleagues participate in @esa.int's #LSP25's session tomorrow: 'A Modular and Operational Satellite-based Monitoring Service to Support the EU Biodiversity Policy'❗️ Come & learn about our project & the role of grassland monitoring using #Copernicus data 🛰️ 📍 Room 1.34 🕣8:30
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- At #LPS25, today’s session on the Nature Restoration Regulation stressed the need for co-design, standardisation, and interoperable platforms to support monitoring 🛰️ and reporting. These are the challenges we aim to address through the #EUGW platform 🌱 #Biodiversity #Copernicus
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- Another morning, another day at #LPS25! And a reminder that even small patches of urban #grassland can support remarkable wildlife. Spotted this European brown hare just minutes from the conference venue, right here in Vienna. #EUGrasslandWatch #EUGW #Biodiversity #Copernicus
