Can citizen science enhance public understanding of science?

R Bonney, TB Phillips, HL Ballard… - Public understanding …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past 20 years, thousands of citizen science projects engaging millions of
participants in collecting and/or processing data have sprung up around the world. Here we …

Natural regeneration as a tool for large‐scale forest restoration in the tropics: prospects and challenges

RL Chazdon, MR Guariguata - Biotropica, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A major global effort to enable cost‐effective natural regeneration is needed to achieve
ambitious forest and landscape restoration goals. Natural forest regeneration can potentially …

Connecting diverse knowledge systems for enhanced ecosystem governance: the multiple evidence base approach

M Tengö, ES Brondizio, T Elmqvist, P Malmer… - Ambio, 2014 - Springer
Indigenous and local knowledge systems as well as practitioners' knowledge can provide
valid and useful knowledge to enhance our understanding of governance of biodiversity and …

Public participation in scientific research: a framework for deliberate design

JL Shirk, HL Ballard, CC Wilderman, T Phillips… - Ecology and society, 2012 - JSTOR
Members of the public participate in scientific research in many different contexts, stemming
from traditions as varied as participatory action research and citizen science. Particularly in …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of citizen science towards international biodiversity monitoring

M Chandler, L See, K Copas, AMZ Bonde… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

The future of citizen science: emerging technologies and shifting paradigms

G Newman, A Wiggins, A Crall… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Citizen science creates a nexus between science and education that, when coupled with
emerging technologies, expands the frontiers of ecological research and public …

Citizen science in hydrology and water resources: opportunities for knowledge generation, ecosystem service management, and sustainable development

W Buytaert, Z Zulkafli, S Grainger, L Acosta… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The participation of the general public in the research design, data collection and
interpretation process together with scientists is often referred to as citizen science. While …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the evidence for stakeholder engagement in biodiversity conservation

EJ Sterling, E Betley, A Sigouin, A Gomez… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Engaging local stakeholders is a central feature of many biodiversity conservation and
natural resource management projects globally. Current literature on engagement …

[HTML][HTML] A framework for articulating and measuring individual learning outcomes from participation in citizen science

T Phillips, N Porticella, M Constas, R Bonney - 2018 - theoryandpractice …
Résumé Since first being introduced in the mid 1990s, the term “citizen science”—the
intentional engagement of the public in scientific research—has seen phenomenal growth …

[PDF][PDF] A review of Indigenous knowledge and participation in environmental monitoring.

KL Thompson, TC Lantz, NC Ban - Ecology & Society, 2020 - ethnoecology.uvic.ca
There is a growing interest by governments and academics in including Indigenous
knowledge alongside scientific knowledge in environmental management, including …