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Leveraging Semantic Web Technologies for Veracity Assessment of Big Biodiversity Data
Published in Archana Patel, Narayan C. Debnath, Bharat Bhushan, Semantic Web Technologies, 2023
Zaenal Akbar, Yulia A. Kartika, Dadan R. Saleh, Hani F. Mustika, Lindung P. Manik, Foni A. Setiawan, Ika A. Satya
Biodiversity research is organized into domains that cover distinct spheres of biodiversity knowledge, e.g., taxonomy, geographical distribution, or functional traits of organisms [12]. In this work, we focus on the studies of the distribution of life across space and time, providing a key link between organisms and their environment, also known as biogeography. To study the link, a biodiversity information system would hold various information about the organisms and their observed environments. Typically, biodiversity data contains observations of the occurrences of specific species that can be identified by a specific taxonomic name at a specific geographic location at a specific time [13]. As an example, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)1 has recorded 1 billion records of species occurrences in 2018.2 The record is constantly growing as data are provided by more than 1,600 institutions across the globe. Another example is Pl@ntNet,3 a citizen science project that helps users to identify plants based on pictures provided by citizens. The project has published more than 6,6 million records of occurrences in two datasets.4 Another example is eBird,5 a citizen science project that enables volunteered observers to report bird observations. The project has published an observation dataset with more than 700 million records of occurrences.6
Don't Skimp on the Public Participation Process
Published in Susan Zummo Forney, Anthony J. Sadar, Environmental Risk Communication, 2021
Susan Zummo Forney, Anthony J. Sadar
Citizen science, that is, the involvement of the public in scientific research or data collection, has proliferated in recent years. EPA describes citizen science as using “the collective strength of communities and the public to identify research questions, collect and analyze data, interpret results, make new discoveries, and develop technologies and applications – all to understand and solve environmental problems.” According to EPA, citizen science provides the agency with the following benefits: Fills data gaps by gathering crowdsourced data that would be hard to obtain due to time, geographic, or resource constraints.Leverages resources by using the efforts of a large group of people to research environmental problems that EPA may not have the resources to pursue.Builds meaningful relationships with communities to increase environmental engagement and problem solving and with states and tribes to promote open government.
Citizen science-based urban flood monitoring in Hanumante River, Nepal
Published in Wim Uijttewaal, Mário J. Franca, Daniel Valero, Victor Chavarrias, Clàudia Ylla Arbós, Ralph Schielen, Alessandra Crosato, River Flow 2020, 2020
R.R. Prajapati, S. Upadhyay, P. Silwal, R. Talchabhadel, J.C. Davids, A. Khanal
Citizen Science refers to the involvement of the general public in the generation of new scientific knowledge, together with professional scientists (Buytaert et al., 2014). It plays a significant role to fill data gaps in data-scarce regions (Nigussie et al., 2018). Also, it possesses various social benefits like scientific literacy, citizen inclusion in local issues and policy making (Conrad and Hilchey, 2011). The recent development of communication technology along with smartphones help citizen science approach to grow (Brouwer et al., 2018).
What roles do civil society organizations play in monitoring and reviewing the Sustainable Development Goals? An exploration of cases from Ecuador, Colombia, and Argentina
Published in Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society, 2022
Cristina Espinosa, Gabriela Rangel
As regards SDG M&R, there is optimism concerning citizen participation. Citizens can supposedly take part in these processes easily because no sophisticated data analytics are required (Saner, Yiu, and Nguyen 2020, 484). As mentioned in the introduction, the participation of civil society in SDG M&R has mainly been discussed under the umbrella of CSD, based on the idea that this non-traditional data source can fill spatial and temporal data gaps in the SDG framework. In general, citizen science is a form of collaboration involving members of the public in scientific research projects to address real-world problems (Wiggins and Crowston 2011, 1). This term is used interchangeably with other concepts like community science and community-based monitoring (Fraisl et al. 2020, 1736). As in policy making, such public collaboration can involve different degrees of participation.
The power of the crowd: Prospects and pitfalls for citizen science in occupational health
Published in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2019
Ashley C. Moore, Ashley A. Anderson, Marilee Long, Lauralynn T. McKernan, John Volckens
Citizen science is defined as a voluntary collaboration among scientists and non-specialists to achieve scientific and societal goals. This emerging form of scientific inquiry has grown in popularity recently, particularly in the environmental sciences where crowdsourcing can be leveraged to overcome resource constraints associated with the collection of empirical data. Citizen science is a powerful tool that not only leverages human resources for scientific discovery but also presents an opportunity for outreach, education, and engagement of the public. Citizen science is new to the field of occupational health; however, there are natural alignments between these two disciplines that warrant investigation. This commentary explores the use of citizen science as a potentially innovative and economical approach to protect and promote a healthy workplace. We discuss the various types of citizen science, followed by a series of hypothetical applications that demonstrate opportunities for the practice of occupational health protection. We also discuss potential pitfalls and challenges that may limit the proliferation of citizen science in our field.