European Group on Biological Invasions

About us

What is NEOBIOTA?

NEOBIOTA is the European Group on Biological Invasions. It was founded in 1999 in Berlin as a consortium of scientists and environmental managers aiming to enhance integration of invasion research and strengthen approaches to counteract negative effects of introduced organisms on biodiversity, ecosystem services and human health.

NEOBIOTA addresses theoretical and applied aspects of biological invasions, focusing on all taxa and realms.

Main tasks of NEOBIOTA

  1. Enhance communication and contact between scientists, practitioners and other stakeholders from different communities working on theoretical and applied aspects of biological invasions.

  2. Stimulate research on non-native species, their traits, their distribution and impacts. Identify information deficits and co-ordinate efforts to fill them.

  3. Disseminate information on causes, mechanisms, and impacts of biological invasions, as well as on management approaches.

Do you want to know more?

In 2009, 10 years after it was founded, Ingo Kowarik and Uwe Starfinger published an overview of the history of NEOBIOTA, you can read it here.

A new overview is coming soon, so watch this space! :)