Abstract
Data Infrastructure and Local Stakeholder Engagement with Biodiversity Conservation Research
Highlights
Global biodiversity, which lends integrity to the ecosystems that make human life possible, is in sharp decline
Some expressed doubt that their local assistants had the necessary knowledge background to navigate digital systems or understand scientific methodologies. These results suggest that trying to mold field assistants to fit existing data infrastructure and adapting purpose-built data systems to nontechnical users are both sub-optimal solutions
Biodiversity conservation research has historically fallen short in this regard, owing to the geographic, social, and cultural distance between the scientists who design studies, analyze data, and publish papers and the residents of the areas under study who enable data collection
Summary
Global biodiversity, which lends integrity to the ecosystems that make human life possible, is in sharp decline. In contrast to dramatic changes in the pace and scale of biodiversity conservation research, the realities of field data collection remain largely the same. It is still necessary for trained individuals to venture out into natural areas and do surveys, observe plants and animals, and record other vital information about the environment. These field workers often collect heterogenous data using a variety of tools; just one study of prairie fens in Michigan involved GPS units, digital cameras, audio recorders, and paper notebooks (Hackett 2019). Biodiversity conservation research has historically fallen short in this regard, owing to the geographic, social, and cultural distance between the scientists who design studies, analyze data, and publish papers and the residents of the areas under study who enable data collection
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