POSTnote by Jonathan Wentworth. It was first published on Tuesday, 12 August 2014. It was last updated on Tuesday, 12 August 2014.
Environmental Citizen Science
Environmental citizen science traditionally involves members of the public submitting sightings of wildlife to NGOs or records centres, but emerging technologies have recently broadened its use to all kinds of environmental data. This POSTnote summarises different types of citizen science projects, policy-relevant applications and the benefits and challenges of volunteer collected data.
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- Type
- Research briefing
- Reference
- POST-PN-476
- Subjects
- Databases Environment protection Environment Nature conservation Public participation Voluntary work
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- POST
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- View this Research briefing on researchbriefings.parliament.uk
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