Best Practices in Citizen Science for Environmental Monitoring: Commission Staff Working Document [article]

Kim De Rijck, Sven Schade, Jose-Miguel Rubio, Marjan Van Meerloo, UNESCO/IOC
2022
The volume of environmental knowledge generated by citizen science initiatives across the EU offers a unique opportunity to help deliver on the European Green Deal and other EU (and global) priorities, and to involve the public in EU policy-making. This document summarises the opportunities for and benefits of using citizen science for environmental monitoring, highlights good practices and lessons learnt, and identifies the obstacles holding back its broader uptake. On that basis, it puts
more » ... rd recommendations and possible actions to facilitate and enhance the use of citizen science in environmental monitoring.
doi:10.25607/obp-1779 fatcat:gr4ngjibnzc3vghm4bu2zowqna