Citizen science can improve conservation science, natural resource management, and environmental protection

被引：706

作者：

McKinley, Duncan C. ^{[1
]}

Miller-Rushing, Abe J. ^{[2
]}

Ballard, Heidi L. ^{[3
]}

Bonney, Rick ^{[4
]}

Brown, Hutch ^{[1
]}

Cook-Patton, Susan C. ^{[1
]}

Evans, Daniel M. ^{[1
]}

French, Rebecca A. ^{[5
]}

Parrish, Julia K. ^{[6
]}

Phillips, Tina B. ^{[4
]}

Ryan, Sean F. ^{[7
]}

Shanley, Lea A. ^{[8
,9
]}

Shirk, Jennifer L. ^{[4
]}

Stepenuck, Kristine F. ^{[10
]}

Weltzin, Jake F. ^{[11
]}

Wiggins, Andrea ^{[12
]}

Boyle, Owen D. ^{[13
]}

Briggs, Russell D. ^{[14
]}

Chapin, Stuart F., III ^{[15
]}

Hewitt, David A. ^{[16
,17
]}

Preuss, Peter W. ^{[5
]}

Soukup, Michael A. ^{[18
]}

机构：

[1] US Forest Serv, USDA, Washington, DC 20250 USA

[2] Natl Pk Serv, Schoodic Educ & Res Ctr, Acadia Natl Pk, Winter Harbor, ME USA

[3] Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA

[4] Cornell Lab Ornithol, Lansing, NY USA

[5] US EPA, Washington, DC 20460 USA

[6] Univ Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

[7] Univ Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA

[8] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA

[9] Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill, South Big Data Hub, Chapel Hill, NC USA

[10] Univ Wisconsin, Univ Wisconsin Extens, Madison, WI 53706 USA

[11] US Geol Survey, 959 Natl Ctr, Reston, VA 22092 USA

[12] Univ Maryland Coll Pk, College Pk, MD USA

[13] Wisconsin Dept Nat Resources, Madison, WI USA

[14] State Univ New York, New York, NY USA

[15] Univ Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99701 USA

[16] Acad Nat Sci, Fairbanks, AK USA

[17] Evidential Planning & Management LLC, Fairbanks, AK USA

[18] Acadia Natl Pk, Schoodic Inst, Bar Harbor, ME USA

来源：

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION | 2017年 / 208卷

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Citizen science; Public participation in scientific research; Conservation; Policymaking; Natural resource management; Public input; Public engagement; PUBLIC-PARTICIPATION; MYCOPLASMAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE-CHANGE; POLICY-MAKING; KNOWLEDGE; BIODIVERSITY; SCIENTISTS; TOOL; INFORMATION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.015

中图分类号：

X176 [生物多样性保护];

学科分类号：

090705 ;

摘要：

Citizen science has advanced science for hundreds of years, contributed to many peer-reviewed articles, and informed land management decisions and policies across the United States. Over the last 10 years, citizen science has grown immensely in the United States and many other countries. Here, we show how citizen science is a powerful tool for tackling many of the challenges faced in the field of conservation biology. We describe the two interwoven paths by which citizen science can improve conservation efforts, natural resource management, and environmental protection. The first path includes building scientific knowledge, while the other path involves informing policy and encouraging public action. We explore how citizen science is currently used and describe the investments needed to create a citizen science program. We find that: 1. Citizen science already contributes substantially to many domains of science, including conservation, natural resource, and environmental science. Citizen science informs natural resource management, environmental protection, and policymaking and fosters public input and engagement 2. Many types of projects can benefit from citizen science, but one must be careful to match the needs for science and public involvement with the right type of citizen science project and the right method of public participation. 3. Citizen science is a rigorous process of scientific discovery, indistinguishable from conventional science apart from the participation of volunteers. When properly designed, carried out, and evaluated, citizen science can provide sound science, efficiently generate high-quality data, and help solve problems. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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