Citizen science networks in natural history and the collective validation of biodiversity data

Turnhout, Esther; Lawrence, Anna; Turnhout, Sander

doi:10.1111/cobi.12696

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“…This approach was mediated by a joint negotiation of aspirations and values and a coproduction of shared understandings that supported planners and Kaxinawás to consider the SISA outcomes as legitimate (cf. Irvine et al 2016;Turnhout et al 2016). For these reasons, we understand that the SISA assessment and planning processes showed signs of overcoming dichotomist thinking between science and local knowledge and between social and natural disciplines, which resulted in legitimate outcomes (Tengö et al 2017).…”

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Including diverse knowledges and worldviews in environmental assessment and planning: the Brazilian Amazon Kaxinawá Nova Olinda Indigenous Land case

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Ecosystems and People

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The concepts of 'ecosystem services' (ES) and 'nature's contributions to people' (NCP) inform environmental frameworks that set out to include Indigenous and Local Knowledge systems (ILK) and worldviews in policy and planning processes. These frameworks aim to enhance biodiversity conservation and human well-being in a legitimate and effective way. In this article, we explore how the concept of People's Contributions to Nature (PCN) is complementary to NCP. We use it to investigate challenges that planners and locals face in realizing the legitimate inclusion of diverse knowledges and worldviwes that account for people and ecosystems in a relational way. We introduce a case study where planners drew on ES and NCP and used participatory methods to implement a REDD+ policy in the Kaxinawá Nova Olinda Indigenous Land (Acre-Brazil). We find that both Kaxinawás and planners emphasize both NCP and PCN in their discourses. Nevertheless, differences between knowledge systems and disciplines, uneven power relations between Kaxinawás and planners, and an underconsideration of PCN by global frameworks challenge the legitimate inclusion of the Kaxinawá knowlege and worldviews to craft assessment and planning. We conclude that by explicitly addressing these challenges, science-policy interfaces can further advance knowledge legitimacy and policy effectiveness.

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“…Thus, the performativity of discourse affects the inclusiveness, legitimacy, and effectiveness of knowledge (Behagel et al 2017). An example is when local knowledge is either excluded or extracted from its meanings to fit 'universal' classification schemes (Turnhout et al 2016;Klenk et al 2017).…”

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Including diverse knowledges and worldviews in environmental assessment and planning: the Brazilian Amazon Kaxinawá Nova Olinda Indigenous Land case

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Simas

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“…However, Ellis and Waterton (2005, p. 688) note that tensions may arise when volunteer data become ''disembedded from their original source and the humannature contractual relationships which are implied in their production''. The standardisation and decontextualisation implicit in centralised biodiversity databases provides opportunities for conservation, yet we must be wary of the contextual richness we lose in the process and the effects this has on both data utilisation and volunteer motivation (Turnhout and Boonman-Berson 2011;Turnhout et al 2016). This requires project managers to consider the views of citizen scientists regarding ownership and appropriate use of their data.…”

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Sharing biodiversity data: citizen scientists’ concerns and motivations

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Citizen scientists play a pivotal role in providing necessary biodiversity data. To ensure the continued involvement of a strong volunteer base, insight into the concerns and motivations of voluntary recorders is crucial. This paper presents the findings of a largescale survey (N = 2193) among Dutch volunteer biodiversity recorders of diverse taxa, and focuses on three questions: what are the characteristics of these citizen scientists regarding their activities and socio-demographic background, what are their motivations for recording biodiversity, and what are their views on data sharing and ownership? Our findings show that a connection to, interest in and concern for nature are the most important motivations for biodiversity recorders. Volunteer recorders have high expectations regarding the impact of their data, both for their own learning as well as for science and management. Almost half the volunteers consider their data to be public goods, but this does not mean they support unconditional data sharing. Instead, the acceptability of data sharing with third parties seems strongly linked to the goals of the user. We discuss the implications of our findings for practitioners, such as the role of biology curricula and the importance of learning opportunities to redress the lack of younger volunteers. We argue that conceptualising volunteer recorders as data custodians rather than owners helps to Communicated by Peter Bridgewater.This article belongs to the Topical Collection: Biodiversity appreciation and engagement.Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article

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“…However, a structured survey places additional demands on citizen scientists as reports are no longer at times and place that are most convenient to them. As such, data quality must be balanced with volunteer engagement, especially as disengagement can create its own biases and decrease data quality (Turnhout, Lawrence and Turnhout, 2016).…”

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Enhancing plant biosecurity with citizen science monitoring: comparing methodologies using reports of acute oak decline

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Citizen science networks in natural history and the collective validation of biodiversity data

Abstract: Palabras Clave: aficionados, control de calidad, referencia en circulación, registro de la biodiversidad, validación de datos

Cited by 32 publications

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Including diverse knowledges and worldviews in environmental assessment and planning: the Brazilian Amazon Kaxinawá Nova Olinda Indigenous Land case

Including diverse knowledges and worldviews in environmental assessment and planning: the Brazilian Amazon Kaxinawá Nova Olinda Indigenous Land case

Sharing biodiversity data: citizen scientists’ concerns and motivations

Enhancing plant biosecurity with citizen science monitoring: comparing methodologies using reports of acute oak decline

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