Invasive alien species (IAS) are a key driver of global biodiversity loss. Reducing their spread and impact is a target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG target 15.8) and of the EU IAS Regulation 1143/2014. The use of citizen science offers various benefits to alien species’ decision-making and to society, since public participation in research and management boosts awareness, engagement and scientific literacy and can reduce conflict in IAS management. We report the results of a survey on alien species citizen science initiatives within the framework of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action Alien-CSI.
Eyes on the aliens: citizen science contributes to research, policy and management of biological invasions in Europe / Veronica Price-Jones; Peter M. J. Brown; Tim Adriaens; Elena Tricarico; Rachel A. Farrow; Ana Cristina Cardoso; Eugenio Gervasini; Quentin Groom; Lien Reyserhove; Sven Schade; Chrisa Tsinaraki; Elizabete Marchante. - In: NEOBIOTA. - ISSN 1619-0033. - ELETTRONICO. - 78:(2022), pp. 1-24. [10.3897/neobiota.78.81476]
Eyes on the aliens: citizen science contributes to research, policy and management of biological invasions in Europe
Elena Tricarico;
2022
Abstract
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a key driver of global biodiversity loss. Reducing their spread and impact is a target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG target 15.8) and of the EU IAS Regulation 1143/2014. The use of citizen science offers various benefits to alien species’ decision-making and to society, since public participation in research and management boosts awareness, engagement and scientific literacy and can reduce conflict in IAS management. We report the results of a survey on alien species citizen science initiatives within the framework of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action Alien-CSI.
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