It is commonly argued that, despite the tremendous resonance Citizen Science (CS) has
shown in recent years, there is still lack of understanding of important aspects defining …

Environmental governance occurs through and is shaped by communication. We propose a
typology of public communication, classifying it by directionality (one-way or two-way) and …

Citizen scientists play an increasingly important role in biodiversity monitoring. Most of the
data, however, are unstructured—collected by diverse methods that are not documented …

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way large citizen science events can be carried
out—reducing gatherings of large groups and shifting toward individual, small-group, and …

This study explores the motivational factors and barriers to participate in a citizen science
program for malaria control in Rwanda. It assesses the changes in motivational factors over …

The biodiversity crisis poses a real and present global threat to humanity. The acceleration
of species and ecosystem decline coupled with climate change suggests that as it stands …

Increasingly, citizen science data are becoming a significant source of information on the
distribution of biodiversity. Their value is affected by many biases, especially gaps and …

Worldwide, citizen scientists help to map the distribution of native and introduced mosquito
species in a variety of programs, contributing to environmental research and management …

The design and successful performance of citizen science-based monitoring require an
understanding of the motivation and the needs of participants. Herem we use a …

Opportunistic reporting of species observations to online platforms provide one of the most
extensive sources of information about the distribution and status of organisms in the wild …