63urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:0E0032F4-55AE-5263-8B3C-F4DD637C30C2Biodiversity Information Science and StandardsBISS2535-0897Pensoft Publishers10.3897/biss.3.377823778211478Conference AbstractSP91 - Developing a Data-Literate Workforce in Biodiversity ScienceThe Role of Natural History Collections in Public Engagement for Enhancing Biodiversity ResearchGavish-RegevEfratefrat.gavish-regev@mail.huji.ac.ilhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7359-14921The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, IsraelThe Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalemIsrael
2019040720193e377822D1A8D1A-97FA-5CCF-BAB5-5180D085A94F333307130062019Efrat Gavish-RegevThis is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citizen science biodiversity monitoring projects are becoming very common. It is generally accepted that these joint projects, of scientists and the public, have a positive effect on biodiversity and conservation education programs as well as on policy-makers opinion Ganzevoort et al. (2017). Yet, there is still a debate on the quality of the data collected in citizen science monitoring schemes, and especially on the benefits to high-quality research. Here, I present an example of how collection-based research and involvement of the public (non-taxonomists) in taxonomical education, i.e., advanced citizen science, can enhance research on scorpion diversity in Israel. Furthermore, the process of public involvement in monitoring and especially the prerequisites needed for this process, contributed to high-quality research, that in turn is enhancing biodiversity science. Considering this, I will discuss the basic stages required for successful public engagement in high-quality biodiversity research and monitoring schemes.
citizen sciencebiodiversitynatural history collectionsscorpions2019Biodiversity_NextBiodiversity_Next 2019Leiden, The NetherlandsA joint conference by The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), a new pan-European Research Infrastructure initiative (DiSSCo), the national resource for digitized information about vouchered natural history collections (iDigBio), Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF), Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) and LifeWatch ERIC, the e-Science and Technology European Infrastructure for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research.Presenting author
Efrat Gavish-Regev
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Biodiversity_Next 2019
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