A Buzz for Sustainability and Conservation: The Growing Potential of Citizen Science Studies on Bees
| Autor: | Antonio Mauro Saraiva, Bruno Albertini, Celso Barbiéri, Sheina Koffler, Tiago Maurício Francoy, Jailson N. Leocadio, Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
pollination beekeeping Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 Developing country 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources Ecosystem services bee monitoring citizen science principles Political science Citizen science GE1-350 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Sustainable development Marketing buzz Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Capacity building Public relations sustainable development goals Environmental sciences Data quality Sustainability DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL business |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual) Universidade de São Paulo (USP) instacron:USP Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 959, p 959 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13020959 |
| Popis: | Expanding involvement of the public in citizen science projects can benefit both volunteers and professional scientists alike. Recently, citizen science has come into focus as an important data source for reporting and monitoring United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since bees play an essential role in the pollination ecosystem service, citizen science projects involving them have a high potential for attaining SDGs. By performing a systematic review of citizen science studies on bees, we assessed how these studies could contribute towards SDG reporting and monitoring, and also verified compliance with citizen science principles. Eighty eight studies published from 1992 to 2020 were collected. SDG 15 (Life on Land) and SDG 17 (Partnerships) were the most outstanding, potentially contributing to targets related to biodiversity protection, restoration and sustainable use, capacity building and establishing multi stakeholder partnerships. SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 4 (Quality Education), and SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) were also addressed. Studies were found to produce new knowledge, apply methods to improve data quality, and invest in open access publishing. Notably, volunteer participation was mainly restricted to data collection. Further challenges include extending these initiatives to developing countries, where only a few citizen science projects are underway. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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