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Leveraging the power of place in citizen science for effective conservation decision making

2017-04-01

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Many citizen science projects are place-based - built on in-person participation and motivated by local conservation. When done thoughtfully, this approach to citizen science can transform humans and their environment. Despite such possibilities, many projects struggle to meet decision-maker needs, generate useful data to inform decisions, and improve social-ecological resilience. Here, we define leveraging the ‘p...

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Literature Corpus work: 7a4fbc33-e4e0-51da-9de0-1cbba5dbc53e
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.07.019

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