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Optimizing citizen Science in Brazil: identifying ways to increase social and scientific impacts to improve conservation

Grant number: 22/01242-7
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
Start date: September 01, 2022
End date: September 01, 2025
Field of knowledge:Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering - Nature Conservation
Principal Investigator:Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz
Grantee:Eduardo Roberto Alexandrino
Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
Associated scholarship(s):23/10137-5 - Benefits and challenges of citizen science: examples from US to guide initiatives in Brazil, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

One possible definition for citizen Science is "non-professionals participating in authentic scientific inquiry". The role of citizens in the scientific investigation and the intensity of their participation may vary. Some foundations of this scientific approach are also found in the conservation biology, in which a co-production of knowledge between academics, stakeholders and decision-makers are essential for successful management and conservation decisions. However, performing projects under this model may be impracticable when time and financial resources are lacking in the research institutions. Therefore, this project aims to identify whether alternatives based in some typologies of citizen Science are able to achieve social impacts (measured by individual learning outcomes and citizen´s awareness) and scientific impacts (knowledge and its applicability) useful in the field of conservation in Brazil. In a first module, pros and cons about the popularization of crowdsourcing platforms will be investigated. In a second module, a study case will be performed (inquiry of bird feeders' impacts) which will have citizens in three different levels: (1) doing only a remote punctual help (distributed intelligence); (2) doing only presential data collection (contributory); (3) in person and going further of data collection (collaborative). In the third module, will be assessed "conventional" research (without citizens participation) that were adept of open Science movement. Thus, this project will identify gap and opportunities in each type of approach (1, 2, 3, crowdsourcing platforms and open Science) and will point out manners to optimize a citizen Science useful for conservation in the social and scientific Brazilian context. (AU)

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
MELO, RENATA SIQUEIRA; ALEXANDRINO, EDUARDO ROBERTO; DE PAULA, FELIPE ROSSETTI; BOSCOLO, DANILO; FERRAZ, SILVIO FROSINI DE BARROS. Promoting Bird Functional Diversity on Landscapes with a Matrix of Planted Eucalyptus spp. in the Atlantic Forest. Environmental Management, v. N/A, p. 13-pg., . (22/01242-7)
ALEXANDRINO, EDUARDO ROBERTO; GOBBI, ANITA SENEME; MENEZES, SAMARIO ROGRIGUES; DHONDT, ANDRE A.. How long until an urban feeder has bird visitors during the Brazilian summer?. ORNITHOLOGY RESEARCH, v. 33, n. 1, p. 9-pg., . (23/10137-5, 22/01242-7)