The Biotope validation case is possibly the most complex workflow developed by LifeWatch ERIC within the framework of the Internal Joint Initiative. A biotope is an area of uniform environmental conditions providing a living place for a specific assemblage of plants and animals, for which 'habitat' is probably the closest equivalent in English. The workflow is the aggregation of high-resolution satellite imagery with statistics across large geographical areas in Europe, to determine what trends can be found in the extent of Non-indigenous and Invasive Species as against the condition and vulnerability of various ecological communities.   As Heliana Teixeira from the University of Aveiro in Portugal, Julien Radoux researcher at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium, and Nikos Minadakis CEO of Advance Services in Greece, explain, the Biotope workflow is already available to enable natural capital assessments. It can be scaled, replicated and customised to different bioregions. Meaning, in brief, that it makes possible long-term environmental planning to control and mitigate the impact of invasive alien species across the continent.