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dc.contributor.authorPeters, Monica A
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, David
dc.contributor.authorEames, Chris
dc.contributor.editorHamilton, David P
dc.contributor.editorCollier, Kevin J
dc.contributor.editorQuinn, John M
dc.contributor.editorHoward-Williams, Clive
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-10T01:33:10Z
dc.date.available2019-06-10T01:33:10Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.isbn9783319930435
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-93043-5_16
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/384104
dc.description.abstractInterest in citizen science is growing globally as environmental degradation continues, information needs increase and value of stronger relationships between the science community and public is recognised. How community volunteers participate in citizen science ranges from solely collecting environmental data to being fully engaged in project design and delivery. In New Zealand, community groups lead diverse environmental restoration projects. Responding to an online questionnaire, 137 groups (from a total of 296) reported carrying out their own monitoring to measure environmental change. While 98 of 239 groups reported an interest in monitoring water quality in the future, current freshwater monitoring activities were reported as limited (33 of 143 groups). Current monitoring centred mostly on stream macroinvertebrate counts. Three case studies are presented that outline how community groups have engaged in collecting water quality data. In contrast, a strong culture of volunteer water quality monitoring exists where programmes are designed to educate participants while also providing data for fundamental research, e.g. in the USA, and for government agency-led environmental decision-making. To encourage wider participation of communities, professional scientists and government agencies in citizen science, principles underpinning the development and implementation of long-term volunteer monitoring programmes are outlined. Stronger community participation in monitoring has the potential to improve both scientific and environmental literacy while building more complete data sets describing trends in freshwater resources. Furthermore, in New Zealand an informed and engaged public is in line with goals of local, regional and national government to increase public involvement in freshwater through participatory decision-making.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.sponsorshipIan Potter Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipGriffith University
dc.description.sponsorshipCawthron Institute Trust Board
dc.description.sponsorshipInstitute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited
dc.description.sponsorshipReef and Rainforest Research Centre
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversities Australia
dc.description.sponsorshipDept of Science, Information Technology, Innovation & the Arts (DSITIA)
dc.description.sponsorshipGriffith University
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleLake Restoration Handbook A New Zealand Perspective
dc.relation.ispartofchapter16
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom533
dc.relation.ispartofpageto556
dc.relation.urihttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP190101848
dc.relation.grantIDDP190101848
dc.relation.fundersARC
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.titleApplying Citizen Science to Freshwater Ecosystem Restoration
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB2 - Chapters (Other)
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHamilton, David P.


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