Social media data have been extensively used in numerous fields of science, but examples
of their use in conservation science are still very limited. In this paper, we propose a …

Improved understanding of human-nature interactions is crucial to conservation science and
practice, but collecting relevant data remains challenging. Recently, social media have …

Citizen science plays a crucial role in helping monitor biodiversity and inform conservation.
With the widespread use of smartphones, many people share biodiversity information on …

If more conservation-minded citizens were aware of certain environmental threats and how
to resolve them, these issues could be resolved more effectively. Scientific conferences …

Given its extensive volume and reach, social media has the potential to widely spread
conservation messaging and be a powerful tool to mobilize social change for conserving …

Social media data are transforming sustainability science. However, challenges from
restrictions in data accessibility and ethical concerns regarding potential data misuse have …

The analysis of data from social media and social networking sites may be instrumental in
achieving a better understanding of human-environment interactions and in shaping future …

Social media analytics has become prominent in natural disaster management. In spite of a
large variety of metadata fields in social media data, four dimensions (ie space, time, content …

Social media data provide an unprecedented wealth of information on people's perceptions,
attitudes, and behaviors at fine spatial and temporal scales and over broad extents. Social …

Scientists are increasingly using Twitter as a tool for communicating science. Twitter can
promote scholarly discussion, disseminate research rapidly, and extend and diversify the …