Contribution of citizen science towards international biodiversity monitoring
Earthwatch Institute · International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis · +10 more institutions
Abstract
To meet collective obligations towards biodiversity conservation and monitoring, it is essential that the world's governments and non-governmental organisations as well as the research community tap all possible sources of data and information, including new, fast-growing sources such as citizen science (CS), in which volunteers participate in some or all aspects of environmental assessments. Through compilation of a database on CS and community-based monitoring (CBM, a subset of CS) programs, we assess where contributions from CS and CBM are significant and where opportunities for growth exist. We use the Essential Biodiversity Variable framework to describe the range of biodiversity data needed to track…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 49.79
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 79
Authors
12- MCMark ChandlerCorresponding
Earthwatch Institute
- LSLinda See
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
- KCKyle Copas
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- AMAstrid M.Z. Bonde
Nordisk Fond for Miljø og Udvikling
- BCBernat Claramunt López
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
Topics & keywords
- Biodiversity
- Citizen science
- Environmental resource management
- Scale (ratio)
- Geography
- Productivity
- Environmental planning
- Global biodiversity
- Life in Land