A review of citizen science and community-based environmental monitoring: issues and opportunities

CC Conrad, KG Hilchey - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2011 - Springer
Worldwide, decision-makers and nongovernment organizations are increasing their use of
citizen volunteers to enhance their ability to monitor and manage natural resources, track …

Can citizen science lead to positive conservation attitudes and behaviors?

AH Toomey, MC Domroese - Human Ecology Review, 2013 - JSTOR
Citizen science—the partnering of scientists with members of the public to do research—is
increasingly utilized in environmental research, having been credited with enabling studies …

The power of storytelling and video: a visual rhetoric for science communication

W Finkler, B León-Anguiano - 2019 - dadun.unav.edu
This research develops a conceptual framework for telling visual stories about science using
short-format videos, termed SciCommercial videos, that draw upon marketing …

Food and tourism: An effective partnership? A UK-based review

S Everett, SL Slocum - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This paper focuses on the role of food tourism in delivering sustainability agendas by
examining how the agriculture and tourism sectors have struggled to realise measurable …

Expansion of nature conservation areas: problems with Natura 2000 implementation in Poland?

M Grodzinska-Jurczak, J Cent - Environmental management, 2011 - Springer
In spite of widespread support from most member countries' societies for European Union
policy, including support for the sustainable development idea, in many EU countries the …

Out of the loop: why research rarely reaches policy makers and the public and what can be done

P Shanley, C López - Biotropica, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the world's population that derives their livelihoods or part of their livelihoods from
forests are out of the information loop. Exclusion of public users of natural resources from …

Individual-and community-level impacts of volunteer environmental monitoring: a synthesis of peer-reviewed literature

KF Stepenuck, LT Green - Ecology and society, 2015 - JSTOR
Citizens have long contributed to scientific research about the environment through
volunteer environmental monitoring programs. Their participation has also resulted in …

What drives policy decision-making related to species conservation?

B Martín-López, C Montes, L Ramírez, J Benayas - Biological Conservation, 2009 - Elsevier
While many countries have developed and expanded efforts to sustain and enhance the
protection of biodiversity, the effectiveness of such programs, as well as the manner in which …

Observations of everyday biodiversity: a new perspective for conservation?

A Cosquer, R Raymond, AC Prevot-Julliard - Ecology and Society, 2012 - JSTOR
Public involvement is one of the keys to achieving biodiversity conservation goals.
Increasing public involvement in conservation activities requires investigation into what …

Scientific contributions of citizen science applied to rare or threatened animals

A Fontaine, A Simard, N Brunet… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Citizen science is filling important monitoring gaps and thus contributing to the conservation
of rare or threatened animals. However, most researchers have used peer‐reviewed …