The Citizen Observatory: Enabling Next Generation Citizen Science
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Abstract Background: Citizen science offers an attractive paradigm for addressing some of the complex problems facing society. However, translating paradigm’s potential into meaningful action and sustainable impact remains a formidable challenge. Historically, citizen landscape was fractured silos activities; nonetheless, it has demonstrably delivered credible results. An innovative concept Observatory tractable means mitigating many recurring issues that historically afflicted initiatives, thus empowering new generation scientists. Observatories may be regarded as open, standardised software platforms community-based monitoring any phenomenon interest. Objectives: This paper seeks to validate in traditional context, butterfly recording. Methods/Approach: A case study undertaken UNESCO-designated Biosphere Reserve. Results: community scientists successfully recorded various observations concerning butterflies, their feeding behaviours, habitat. The resultant dataset made available local government environmental agency. Conclusions: model realistic basis enabling more participatory activities. Such developments have implications non-government organisations, businesses, governments.
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عنوان ژورنال: Business Systems Research
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1847-9375', '1847-8344']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2021-0029