Mar 30, 2021 | News on Citizen Science
By Roy van Grunsven Citizen Science has frequently been instrumental in putting topics on the scientific and political agenda. One very clear recent example is the insect decline in Germany, based on citizen science it was discovered that there was a 76% decline in...
Mar 20, 2021 | News from ACTION
By Igno Notermans & Annelli Janssen Policy makers and scientists are paying more and more attention to citizen science: the participation of ‘ordinary citizens’ in scientific research. The public can make an important contribution to sustainability issues such as...
Mar 19, 2021 | News from ACTION
Our toolkit is online! Based on our work with 16 Citizen Science pilots tackling various forms of pollution. The ACTION toolkit is the ultimate resource collection for everyone interested in doing citizen science the ACTION-way. About the toolkit The ACTION toolkit is...
Mar 10, 2021 | News from ACTION, News on Citizen Science
The UK has a long history of citizen scientists recording biodiversity, including moths. Together with professionally collected data this has resulted in the publication of The State of Britain’s Larger Moths 2021. There is a decline of 33% in the total number of...
Mar 2, 2021 | News from ACTION, News from our pilots
A dashboard displaying the summary information on citizen science pilots actually running within the ACTION project is now available on the ACTION website. The dashboard is divided in two main sections: the ACTION pilots and the volunteers involved. It displays a...
