Garden butterfly count
From 6 till 28th of July 2019 people in the Netherlands were asked to record the number of butterflies in their garden for 15 minutes. In total 73.445 butterflies were recorded in 2956 gardens. This gives insight in an important habitat that is not easily accessible...
Citizen science can change the world
How can citizen science projects influence the world we live in? A substantial number of citizen science projects start from the wish to change something. The Tatort street light project, for example, measures insect occurrence and behaviour because they want to...
Impact assessment: a multidimensional approach
How do we measure the impact of citizen science projects? Citizen science projects are different from more traditional scientific pursuits and from “standard” projects with specific targets. A citizen science project can be hugely successful even if it produces no...