Advancing Pond Monitoring: Highlights from the České Budějovice Workshop
On 16 and 17 April 2025, partners of the BiodivPond Pilot convened in České Budějovice, Czechia, for an intensive in-person workshop dedicated to piloting a harmonised European pond biodiversity monitoring scheme. The workshop focused on sharing relevant expertise among the partners and refining the standardised protocols that will be implemented across a network of 80 ponds in late spring 2026. With minor adjustments, these protocols will provide core guidance for stakeholders involved in sampling an additional 500 ponds in 2027. As part of the Biodiversa+ partnership, BiodivPond will hence pilot a truly pan-European scheme focusing on small ponds.
January 2, 2026