Abstract
Summary report and strategy recommendations for EU citizen science gateway for biodiversity data
Highlights
This report reviews biodiversity related citizen science in Europe, the data mobilization aspect and gives an overview of citizen science related activities in the project EU Biodiversity Observation Networks (BONs), the European Biodiversity Observation Network
A definition which suits the scope of EU BON project regarding citizen science is offered by Roy et al (Roy et al 2012): "Volunteer collection of biodiversity and environmental data which contributes to expanding our knowledge of the natural environment, including biological monitoring and the collection or interpretation of environmental observations”
The source list of the data providers is managed via the PlutoF platform and the list is accessible via the EU BON portal citizen science gateway
Summary
This report reviews biodiversity related citizen science in Europe, the data mobilization aspect and gives an overview of citizen science related activities in the project EU BON, the European Biodiversity Observation Network. EU BON project has analyzed the citizen science landscape in Europe with regards to biodiversity research and proposes several policy recommendations. One of the recommendations is a Pan-European citizen science gateway for biodiversity data with dedicated tools for data collection and management.
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