Applying citizen science to monitor for the Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 6.3.2: a review

Quinlivan, Lauren; Chapman, David C.; Sullivan, Timothy M.

doi:10.1007/s10661-020-8193-6

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“…Challenges in recruitment activities usually concern the lack of volunteer interest or of participant diversity [44] and the lack of familiarity with science, socio-political and jurisdictional framework limits [2,13]. Social interactions, frequent communication between participants and stakeholders, enjoying the outdoors and a frequent call to action are tools for long-term recruitment and keeping the motivation of participants high [6,20,27,28,45].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Serious games and gamification are two pervasive and innovative tools in the communication of science and in engagement of citizen scientists [44,62]. They reflect the emotional and motivational aspect of citizen scientists [62] and are promising tools for teaching concepts, distributing training and skills, communicating scientific topics and promoting participatory modelling [5,62].…”

Section: Gamificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Towards a Transdisciplinary Theoretical Framework of Citizen Science: Results from a Meta-Review Analysis

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This work intends to lay the foundations for a theoretical framework of citizen science combining social and organizational implications with the support of information technologies. The proposed theoretical framework moves towards a shared and common research process between experts and citizens to deal with environmental and social challenges. The role and capacity of online communities is explored and their engagement capacity by means of web-based digital platforms supporting crowdsourcing activities. In this contribution, authors highlight the most common practices, methods and issues of citizen science approaches adopted from multidisciplinary application fields to obtain insights for designing a new participative approach for organizational studies. To reach this goal, authors illustrate the results of a systematic meta-review analysis, consisting of an accurate selection and revision of journal review articles in order to highlight concepts, methods, research design approaches and tools adopted in citizen science approaches.

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Section: Recruitment and Motivationsmentioning

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Section: Gamificationmentioning

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Towards a Transdisciplinary Theoretical Framework of Citizen Science: Results from a Meta-Review Analysis

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“…In Zambia, incorporating citizen science data increases the data availability by 36%. In countries with smaller regulatory monitoring operations, citizen science can be an important source of data and potentially the most cost-effective approach to expand monitoring coverage [24]. In such cases, it may be possible for NSOs to partner with citizen science organizations to co-design projects, designed from the outset to provide data for this purpose.…”

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Citizen Science Monitoring for Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 6.3.2 in England and Zambia

et al. 2020

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Citizen science has the potential to support the delivery of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through its integration into national monitoring schemes. In this study, we explored the opportunities and biases of citizen science (CS) data when used either as a primary or secondary source for SDG 6.3.2 reporting. We used data from waterbodies with both CS and regulatory monitoring in England and Zambia to explore their biases and complementarity. A comparative analysis of regulatory and CS data provided key information on appropriate sampling frequency, site selection, and measurement parameters necessary for robust SDG reporting. The results showed elevated agreement for pass/fail ratios and indicator scores for English waterbodies (80%) and demonstrated that CS data improved for granularity and spatial coverage for SDG indicator scoring, even when extensive statutory monitoring programs were present. In Zambia, management authorities are actively using citizen science projects to increase spatial and temporal coverage for SDG reporting. Our results indicate that design considerations for SDG focused citizen science can address local needs and provide a more representative indicator of the state of a nation’s freshwater ecosystems for international reporting requirements.

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“…In Zambia, incorporating citizen science data increases the data availability by 36%. In countries with smaller regulatory monitoring operations, citizen science can be an important source of data and potentially the most cost-effective approach to expand monitoring coverage [24]. In such cases, it may be possible for NSOs to partner with citizen science organisations to co-design projects, designed from the outset to provide data for this purpose.…”

Section: The Value Of Integrated Citizen Science/statutory Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Citizen Science Monitoring for Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 6.3.2 in England and Zambia

Bishop¹,

Warner²,

Noordwijk³

et al. 2020

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Citizen science has the potential to support the delivery of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through its integration into national monitoring schemes. In this study, we explore the opportunities and biases of citizen science (CS) data when used either as a primary or secondary source for SDG 6.3.2 reporting. We use data from waterbodies that have both CS and regulatory monitoring in England and Zambia to explore their biases and complementarity. A comparative analysis of regulatory and CS data provided key information on appropriate sampling frequency, site selection and measurement parameters, necessary for more robust SDG reporting. The results show elevated agreement for pass/fail ratios and indicator scores for English waterbodies (80%) and demonstrate CS data can improve granularity and spatial coverage for SDG indicator scoring, even when extensive statutory monitoring programmes are present. In Zambia, management authorities are actively using citizen science projects to increase spatial and temporal coverage for SDG reporting. Our results indicate that design considerations for SDG focused citizen science can address local needs as well as provide a more representative indicator of the state of a nation’s freshwater ecosystems for international reporting requirements.

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Applying citizen science to monitor for the Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 6.3.2: a review

Cited by 37 publications

References 56 publications

Towards a Transdisciplinary Theoretical Framework of Citizen Science: Results from a Meta-Review Analysis

Towards a Transdisciplinary Theoretical Framework of Citizen Science: Results from a Meta-Review Analysis

Citizen Science Monitoring for Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 6.3.2 in England and Zambia

Citizen Science Monitoring for Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 6.3.2 in England and Zambia

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