Category: nature conservation

Call for Papers in a special issue of Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation on citizen science

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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation is a new open access journal, addressing the interdisciplinary field that links different aspects of remote sensing (the use of different imaging and sensing technologies) and the field of ecology and conservation. It is publishing its papers in Open Access, so the papers are free to download and share. … Continue reading Call for Papers in a special issue of Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation on citizen science

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citizen science, Conservation, Conservation biology, DIY, Ecology, nature conservation, PPGIS, Remote Sensing, Research projects, RSEC, VGI

Opportunistic Citizen Science in central California

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As I’ve noted in the earlier post, I’ve travelled through central California in August, from San Francisco, to Los Angeles. Reading ‘Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction‘, made me think about citizen science, but this was my holiday – and for the past 4 years, as I finish setting the email away … Continue reading Opportunistic Citizen Science in central California

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biological recoring, California, citizen cyberscience, citizen science, DITOs, iNaturalist, nature conservation, TogetherScience, VGI

ECSA2016: Open Citizen Science – Day 2 (Morning)

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After the opening day (see morning and afternoon posts) and the reception under the dinosaur at the museum, the second day started with a series of keynotes: Introduction and review of day 1 Marisa Ponti University of Gothenburg, Sweden: we’re opening a second day of the conference, and we want to reconnect to the first … Continue reading ECSA2016: Open Citizen Science – Day 2 (Morning)

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#ECSA2016, citizen science, Conference, ECSA, European Citizen Science Association, nature conservation, Open Science