FORSAID Project

🎉In September, the FORSAID consortium gathered in Portugal for its first annual meeting! 📈Over three days, we discussed the projects' progress, identified next steps and participated in practical demonstrations and field activities. 👀Find out more: forsaid.eu/news/first-f... #Forests #Pests

📢 #Spotted at #COP17Armenia in Yerevan 🇦🇲: @pensoft.net has brought FORSAID’s materials to the EU #Science4Biodiversity Booth! 🌱 Swing by to find out how we’re developing new ways to detect and manage forest pests.

👀 #Spotted: FORSAID materials at the final @forestpaths.eu Policy Lab in Sitges, Spain 🇪🇸 this week! Attendees can see how we’re working with innovative technologies to detect and monitor forest pests. More ➡️ forsaid.eu/media-center...

🙌 FORSAID took part in the #EUAgRI2040 Conference in Brussels last month! At a stand dedicated to forests and shared with #SMURF, coordinating consortium partner @unipd.bsky.social presented our work in forest pest detection and management. 🔗 Full recap: forsaid.eu/news/forsaid...

📢 #Spotted: FORSAID’s materials are on display in Lesbos, Greece 🇬🇷, at the 3rd Annual General Meeting of @pollinators-antenna.eu this week! 🙌 Thanks to our consortium partner @pensoft.net, attendees can discover our innovative approaches for the early detection and monitoring of forest pests.

📆 FORSAID consortium partner @epponews.bsky.social attended the 23rd IFQRG meeting in Prague. 🌿Since 2003, the organisation has provided scientific advice on forestry quarantine, which aims to prevent pest introduction and spread - an area closely linked to FORSAID’s work.

🙌 FORSAID’s technologies met forest stakeholders, this time in Portugal! 🗓️ On 10 September in Coruche, 30 of them got a first-hand look at smart traps, AI tech and the Entomoscope device, sharing their impressions on all three. 🔗 Read more: forsaid.eu/news/forsaid...

📢 FORSAID is presented in @eufawready.eu’s campaign on synergies between Horizon Europe projects. 🌱 What connects our two projects is early detection of regulated pests, whether on farmland or in forests. ⬇️ Find out more below ⬇️

📨 Two years in, FORSAID's fourth bi-annual newsletter is out: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1366... ✍ Subscribe to receive future issues: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/136627...

🌿 How can plant health be ensured across both forests and agricultural crops? 🙌 FORSAID and its sister Horizon EU projects @stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social & CERBERUS address this in a joint factsheet, presenting their complementary approaches to the early detection and monitoring of pests.

📝 Every month, the Reporting Service from our consortium partner @epponews.bsky.social covers pest outbreaks, newly identified host plants and other developments relevant to the EPPO region. 👇 September's edition is linked in the post below.

🪲 Of 14 platforms asked for research access to track the EU’s 88 listed invasive species, only 6 provided usable data. 💡 That gap matters for our work on forest pest detection, where every early record counts. 👇 Check out the latest policy brief by @onestop-project.eu to find out more!

📡 Detection models are only as reliable as the field data used to validate them. 🌱 Nice work by our sister project @stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social, inspecting plane trees at high risk of Ceratocystis platani, which is also one of FORSAID's target species.

💡Tools for early detection of forest pests only make a difference if forest managers and plant health authorities can put them to use. 🌱 How research makes the jump into practice and policy is the focus of the webinar by @purpest-eu.bsky.social on 30 Sept. ⬇️ Register by 29 Sept ⬇️

📢 FORSAID is #spotted at the #EUAgRI2040 Conference in Brussels 🇧🇪 (24–25 Sept)! 👀 Our partner @unipd.bsky.social is there representing FORSAID, sharing our work on early detection and monitoring of forest #pests. 📅 Full programme: webgate.ec.europa.eu/circabc-ewpp...

⌛Last call! The abstract submissions deadline for @guardias.bsky.social Virtual Conference 2026 is today! 📝 If your work touches AI, eDNA, smart tech or citizen science for invasive species monitoring, do not miss the opportunity to share your research 👇.

🫵 In fall 2026, don't miss these upcoming events where the latest insights from the domains of #InvasiveSpecies, #PlantHealth and #Forestry will be discussed! 👀 Browse more such opportunities via FORSAID's calendar: forsaid.eu/events

Catch FORSAID’s materials on display at #NordicOikosGfÖ2026 in Denmark this week! 👀 Find us at the booth of @pensoft.net and @obsgession.eu and learn how we’re pushing early forest pest detection forward. 🤳 Not attending? Check out our outputs here: forsaid.eu/media-center...

⌛Today is your last chance to sign up for the workshop on pest reporting by @epponews.bsky.social. 📝 Consistent, well-documented pest status data is exactly what early detection and monitoring systems like the one FORSAID is developing rely on. 👀 Well worth a look for anyone in plant health!

📢 FORSAID’s materials are on display at #NeoBiota2026 in Brussels this week! 👀 Check them out at the booth of @pensoft.net and @onestop-project.eu and discover how we innovate the early detection of forest pests. 🔗 Can’t make it? Access the outputs here: forsaid.eu/media-center...

⁉️How do you calibrate a sensor that detects pests by smell? 📢 A new open access @purpest-eu.bsky.social paper describes custom permeation tubes and an innovative method to generate ultra-trace gas standards. 👇 Link to the full article below!

📢 FORSAID is at #SERE2026 in Brest, France! Our materials are on display at the joint booth of our consortium partner @pensoft.net and #HorizonEurope initiatives @spongeboost.eu and @ferroproject.eu. 👀 If you didn't make it in person this year, access our outputs online: forsaid.eu/media-center...

👀 This week, FORSAID’s consortium partners @pensoft.net & the Slovenian Forestry Institute met in Sofia for a two-day exchange on best practices in the domain of science communication. 🙌 Such collaborations are essential to FORSAID's impactful legacy in the domain of forest pest management.

👀 The August issue of the @epponews.bsky.social Bulletin is available online! More on how to access our partners' newest updates on plant protection and regulation below 👇

🪲 The emerald ash borer is a pest causing great concern when it comes to the health of Europe's #Forests. 📡 That’s a threat FORSAID is working to address with innovative solutions for early detection. 👀 Find out more about our efforts: forsaid.eu/objective#In...

👀 Abstract submissions and registrations are now accepted for the Forests of the Future conference in September 2026, an event set to explore how management can adapt to changes in forest structure and disturbances to natural processes. Find out more below 👇 #PlantHealth #Forests

📌 In May, the Slovenian Forestry Institute presented FORSAID at two public events in Ljubljana - with 150 visitors at Ljublijana’s Biodiversity Festival and hands-on workshops for over 400 children at their Open Day. 🌐 Read more: forsaid.eu/news/forsaid... #Forests #Pests #PlantHealth

📢 Agrilus planipennis, one of our target species, has just been detected in the EU for the first time in June 2026. 💡EFSA’s guide on plant awareness when travelling is a great reminder that even a souvenir seedling or wreath can carry pests that may greatly damage certain ecosystems. #PlantHealth

💡 @stella-horizon-eu.bsky.social's new blog looks at the significant gaps in digital #PlantHealth monitoring identified through 81 stakeholder interviews. 👀The insights are now shaping the development of 5 policy briefs. Link to the full story below 👇

👀 Our 10-week #FORSAIDPests series covered all ten species the project is targeting and the innovative tools that are being developed to detect and manage them. 🌐 Explore the full story of the campaign, now live on our website - forsaid.eu/news/third-f... #Forests #Pests #PlantHealth

📢 Great to see @epponews.bsky.social digging into pest status determination & reporting procedures at their upcoming EPPO-NEPPO workshop. 👇 Register by 14 September.

📢 Save your seat at the 2️⃣ @guardias.bsky.social Virtual Conference this November! 👀 The event will focus on innovative monitoring approaches, such as AI, smart tech, eDNA and Citizen Science. Register today 👇

👀 FORSAID's outreach package, exploring innovative approaches to forest pest management, is now up on @epponews.bsky.social's Platform on Communication Material. 🌐 Read the full story: forsaid.eu/news/forsaid...

📢 FETEC 2026 in Braşov this October is looking at how AI and information systems are reshaping forest operations. 🌳Much like FORSAID, they're putting innovative technologies to work for healthier, better-managed #Forests. #PlantHealth @iufro.bsky.social

📢 FORSAID partner Ukrainian National Forestry University hosted the EcoForum “Arbori et Urbi – 2026: Trees in the Urban Ecosystem”, covering citizen science for emerald ash borer & ash tree monitoring, virtual tours for green infrastructure & education and more. 🌐 forsaid.eu/news/partner...

📢 Save the date! 📆 On 10 September 2026, we're hosting our third demonstration and training event for forest stakeholders on innovative #ForestPests monitoring tools in Portugal. 👀 More details coming soon!

💡 #ECE2026, the 13th European Congress of Entomology, wrapped up in Tours and FORSAID had plenty going on - sessions on citizen science, AI pest surveillance and more! 🎉 At the event, we also debuted our second policy brief and brand-new target species factsheet. 🌐 forsaid.eu/news/forsaid...

💡The Alert List of our consortium partner @epponews.bsky.social now features Physalis longifolia, an invasive plant already competing with crops in parts of the EU and a known host for the pest species Bactericera cockerelli (also known as the potato psyllid).

📢 The second FORSAID technology demonstration workshop for forestry stakeholders is on the horizon! 🗓️ 27 August 2026 📍 Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France 👀 Discover the full agenda and register here: forsaid.eu/storage/app/...

👀 Discover how @forestpaths.eu are using the GLOBIO model to advance forest monitoring and management: forestpaths.eu/models #ForestPathsModels

🎙️ New ForestHealth episode! 📡 Satellites, smart traps and AI microscopes - listen to FORSAID experts from the University of Copenhagen, EFOS and @kit.edu talk about pushing forest pest detection forward across Europe. 🎧 Listen now: forsaid.eu/media-center...

🙌 Great to see fellow #HorizonEU projects at #ECE2026! 💚 We were also delighted to be represented by @pensoft.net at Booth 4, while consortium partners from @inrae-france.bsky.social, @unipd.bsky.social and the Slovenian Forestry Institute actively contributed to sessions across the week.