Linking Public Participation in Scientific Research to the Indicators and Needs of International Environmental Agreements

作者：Finn Danielsen, Karin Pirhofer‐Walzl, Teis Adrian, Daniel R. Kapijimpanga, Neil D. Burgess, P. Jensen, Rick Bonney, Mikkel Funder, Arild Landa, Nette Levermann, Jesper Madsen · 发表于：Conservation Letters · 年份：2013 · DOI：10.1111/conl.12024 · 被引用次数：135 · 研究领域：Species Distribution and Climate Change、Animal and Plant Science Education、Zoonotic diseases and public health

Abstract Different monitoring approaches collect data that can measure progress toward achieving global environmental indicators. These indicators can: (1) Audit management actions; (2) Inform policy choices; and (3) Raise awareness among the public and policy makers. We present a generic, empirically based, framework of different environmental monitoring approaches, ranging from scientist‐driven to those undertaken by local people. This framework is used to assess monitoring possibilities for the Convention on Biological Diversity “2020” indicators, and those of 11 other international environmental agreements. Of the 186 indicators in these 12 environmental agreements, 69 (37%) require monitoring by professional scientists, whereas 117 (63%) can involve community members as “citizen scientists.” Promoting “community‐based” and “citizen science” approaches could significantly enrich monitoring progress within global environmental conventions. It would also link environmental monitoring to awareness raising and enhanced decision‐making at all levels of resource management.