Conservation outcomes of citizen science

Ballard, Heidi L.; Phillips, Tina; Robinson, Lucy D.

doi:10.2307/j.ctv550cf2.25

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“…It is proposed that encouraging more diversity of participants in citizen science projects will benefit scientific outcomes by delivering them to a wider population and growing science capital (Edwards et al 2018 ). One evolution that can be observed in this area is that more communities are devising and leading their own citizen science projects (Ballard et al 2018 ; Mahr et al 2018 ) providing practitioners the opportunity to support grassroots community involvement throughout the research process. This has brought with it new trends, for example, the organisation of ThinkCamp events to harness the potential of creative collaboration and support inclusive, co-creation approaches to citizen science (Gold and Ochu 2018 ).…”

Section: Inclusiveness In Citizen Science: Gaps and Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inclusiveness and Diversity in Citizen Science

Paleco

Peter

Seoane

et al. 2021

The Science of Citizen Science

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An ‘inclusive citizen science’ practice encourages engagement from all members of society, whatever their social status, sociocultural origin, gender, religious affiliation, literacy level, or age. In this chapter we will first address the question of inclusiveness in citizen science and how this is tackled. We will analyse the current situation of a number of projects and initiatives within the Citizen Science COST Action CA15212 and the Horizon 2020 SwafS programme, examine the data, and discuss the main factors that encourage or hinder inclusiveness. We will offer recommendations for a possible plural participation in citizen science activities and reflect on how research is improved when diverse citizens are used as in-the-field experts. We will demonstrate how research questions can be fine-tuned and how research impacts are enhanced through citizen participation, with a focus on gender representation. Bottlenecks can occur when considering inclusiveness in citizen science, including in data interpretation, tasks that require long-term participation, and tasks that have specific language and intermediation requirements.

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Section: Inclusiveness In Citizen Science: Gaps and Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inclusiveness and Diversity in Citizen Science

Paleco

Peter

Seoane

et al. 2021

The Science of Citizen Science

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“…Citizen science challenges how science is discovered and used to create new knowledge [63]. There is significant scope for citizen science to contribute to conservation approaches [59], and considerable opportunity for local people to become involved in collecting relevant data and/or conducting investigations for marine conservation [32]. In order for society to fully comprehend science and its role in conservation, people need to engage more fully with science and conservation and experience it in their daily lives [27].…”

Section: (B) Marine Citizen Science For Marine Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While no model or format of citizen science is 'better' than another, they may vary in their capacity to contribute to conservation in different ways [59]. The majority of citizen science projects recorded in the survey were contributory in nature, and this might influence how citizen science can support marine conservation in the Ocean Decade.…”

Section: (B) Marine Citizen Science For Marine Conservationmentioning

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Citizen science and marine conservation: a global review

Kelly

Fleming

Pecl

et al. 2020

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Climate change, overfishing, marine pollution and other anthropogenic drivers threaten our global oceans. More effective efforts are urgently required to improve the capacity of marine conservation action worldwide, as highlighted by the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021–2030. Marine citizen science presents a promising avenue to enhance engagement in marine conservation around the globe. Building on an expanding field of citizen science research and practice, we present a global overview of the current extent and potential of marine citizen science and its contribution to marine conservation. Employing an online global survey, we explore the geographical distribution, type and format of 74 marine citizen science projects. By assessing how the projects adhere to the Ten Principles of Citizen Science (as defined by the European Citizen Science Association), we investigate project development, identify challenges and outline future opportunities to contribute to marine science and conservation. Synthesizing the survey results and drawing on evidence from case studies of diverse projects, we assess whether and how citizen science can lead to new scientific knowledge and enhanced environmental stewardship. Overall, we explore how marine citizen science can inform current understanding of marine biodiversity and support the development and implementation of marine conservation initiatives worldwide. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Integrative research perspectives on marine conservation’.

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“…A further difficulty is that evolving social norms and expectations will affect public acceptability and social license for marine conservation (Dare et al 2014). An objective for future citizen science and social license research may be in determining how to ignite and sustain interest in marine science and conservation issues (Ballard et al 2018).…”

Section: Project Logistics: Community Representationmentioning

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Social license through citizen science: a tool for marine conservation

Kelly¹,

Fleming²,

Pecl³

et al. 2019

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Active and meaningful public engagement is necessary to foster informed and publicly accepted natural resource management. Citizen science presents an important avenue by which to achieve such engagement. Citizen science is the active involvement of the public in science to address scientific questions, often of common interest or concern, by collecting and analyzing data, and publishing and communicating science via diverse outlets. Here, we explore whether and how citizen science can also play a role in generating social license for marine conservation, using European marine citizen science as a case study. Social license is a concept that reflects community views and expectations on the use and management of natural resources. To date, social license in the marine space has largely focused on public perceptions of industrial and extractive uses of the marine environment, and limited research has explored social license for conservation. We highlight important linkages between social license and citizen science that can work synergistically to support conservation. We use in-depth qualitative interviews and a semiquantitative online survey of marine citizen science coordinators to investigate how citizen science can play a role in enhancing social license and the mechanisms through which it can occur. Our findings indicate that citizen science can enhance social license by improving ocean literacy and marine citizenship. We demonstrate that marine citizen science has considerable potential to generate and develop social license for marine conservation in Europe and elsewhere.Ecology and Society 24(1): 16 https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss1/art16/

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Conservation outcomes of citizen science

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Inclusiveness and Diversity in Citizen Science

Inclusiveness and Diversity in Citizen Science

Citizen science and marine conservation: a global review

Social license through citizen science: a tool for marine conservation

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