Value and limits of citizen science in biodiversity monitoring

Citizen sciences are undergoing strong growth,a fact demonstrated by the session devoted to the topic at the 3rd French-language meetings on conservation biology (Le reveil du dodo III,17-19 March 2009 in Montpellier) and the seminar titled Citizen science and biodiversity,held in Montpellier on 22-23 October 2009. Marion and Frédéric Gosselin,engineer and researcher at Cemagref in Nogent-sur-Vernisson discuss the topic here with Romain Julliard,researcher at the MNHN bird-ringing project and who has managed a number of Vigie-Nature programmes requiring public participation (naturalists and amateurs) to collect the necessary data. The discussion successively addresses the history of citizen sciences,their advantages and limits,focussing on the assessment of biodiversity-conservation policies.

Disciplines : Biodiversité,Sciences de la nature et mathématiques
Mots-clés : biodiversity,citizen sciences,conservation policies
Type de document : image,texte
Type de ressource : lecture,liste de références
Niveau : higher education,master,doctorat
Publics visés : learner,teacher
Auteurs ou éditeurs : Marion Gosselin,Frédéric Gosselin,Cemagref,Romain Julliard