Climate change, overfishing, marine pollution and other anthropogenic drivers threaten our
global oceans. More effective efforts are urgently required to improve the capacity of marine …

Citizen science initiatives and the data they produce are increasingly common in ecology,
conservation and biodiversity monitoring. Although the quality of citizen science data has …

The availability of citizen science data has resulted in growing applications in biodiversity
science. One widely used platform, iNaturalist, provides millions of digitally vouchered …

There is increasing availability and use of unstructured and semi‐structured citizen science
data in biodiversity research and conservation. This expansion of a rich source of 'big …

Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a pioneering piece of legislation that aims
to protect and enhance aquatic ecosystems and promote sustainable water use across …

Quantifying the abundance of species is essential to ecology, evolution, and conservation.
The distribution of species abundances is fundamental to numerous longstanding questions …

Citizen science offers significant innovation potential in science, society and policy. To foster
environmental and conservation goals, citizen science can (i) generate new knowledge,(ii) …

Citizen science (CS) is receiving increasing attention as a conduit for Indigenous and local
knowledge (ILK) in ecosystem stewardship and conservation. Drawing on field experience …

Citizen science (CS), that is, the involvement of citizens in data collection or analysis for
research projects, is becoming more widespread. This is due to the increasing digitalization …

Members of the public participate in scientific research in many different contexts, stemming
from traditions as varied as participatory action research and citizen science. Particularly in …