
Title: An inventory of citizen science activities for environmental policies
Citizen science is the non-professional involvement of volunteers in the scientific process, whether in the data collection phase or in other phases of the research. It can be a powerful tool for environmental management that has the potential to inform an increasingly complex environmental policy landscape and to meet the growing demands from society for more participatory decision-making. While there is growing interest from international bodies and national governments in citizen science, the evidence that it can successfully contribute to environmental policy development, implementation, evaluation or compliance remains scant. Central to elucidating this question is a better understanding of the benefits delivered by citizen science, that is to determine to what extent these benefits can contribute to environmental policy, and to establish whether projects that provide policy support also co-benefit science and encourage meaningful citizen engagement.
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Data access
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Inventory of environmental citizen science projects
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The inventory of environmental citizen science projects, in csv format, available in a zip file with a pdf describing the inventory attributes
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Selected practices in citizen science for environmental policy
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The selected practices in citizen science for environmental policy, in csv format, available in a zip file with a pdf describing the inventory attributes
Publications
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publication
Citizen science for environmental policy
DOI:10.2779/961304
Other resources
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Citizen Science Project Inventory - Project description form
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This page is to collect information about Citizen Science projects to be included in future versions of the Inventory of citizen science activities for environment policies. The inventory will be updated on a regular basis in order to include the replies.
Issue date | 2018-10-01 |
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Landing page | https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/ |
Update frequency | irregular |
Language | English |
Data theme(s) | Environment; Science and technology |
EuroVoc domain(s) | 36 SCIENCE; 52 ENVIRONMENT |
Identifier | http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-citsci-10004 |
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