HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-BIODIV-04 Living Labs for the eradication and/or management of invasive alien species

Doğuş Teknoloji, we can develop a software platform that monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of invasive alien species (IAS) eradication and management strategies. The platform will provide a systematic way to track the relationship between applied methods and IAS population changes before and after interventions. This will enable stakeholders to assess which strategies deliver the best outcomes and prevent re-invasion.

The platform will include the following key functionalities:

• Data Collection & Integration: Gather data from multiple sources such as:

  • Field observations and monitoring reports

  • IoT sensors and remote sensing systems

  • eDNA analysis results

  • Existing biodiversity and IAS databases

  • ERP systems and other relevant integrations for operational workflows

• Impact Assessment Engine: Compare pre- and post-intervention IAS status and link it to the applied eradication or management method. This will allow:

  • Effectiveness scoring of different strategies

  • Identification of best practices for specific ecosystems

  • Continuous improvement through adaptive management

• Decision Support Dashboard: Provide actionable insights for decision-makers, including:

  • Socio-economic impact analysis of IAS and management actions

  • Cost of inaction vs. benefits of eradication

  • Side-effects and sustainability considerations, with input from social sciences and humanities

• Knowledge Dissemination: Share validated solutions and success stories with practitioners to facilitate uptake and scaling.

We can fulfill the below scope/outcomes of the call:

-        conduct participatory and transdisciplinary research and innovation in living labs with the objectives of:

-        building on existing methods (including ensuring the integration of existing solutions) or developing new ones for detecting and monitoring invasive alien species, such as the use of citizen science, eDNA, remote sensing and machine learning algorithms, and test them at scale. Proposals could build on pilots developed by the European partnership Biodiversa+;

-        designing and testing innovative eradication and management strategies and methods which may include, for instance, physical removal and the use of biological control or chemical control. Innovative tools such as bio-engineering might be explored in conjunction with more traditional methods. Range shifts induced by climate change should be considered;