Leveraging citizen science for monitoring urban forageable plants

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Soares, Filipi Miranda ; Pires, Luis Ferreira ; Garcia, Maria Carolina ; Bouzembrak, Yamine ; Coradin, Lidio ; Ghilardi-Lopes, Natalia Pirani ; Silva, Rubens Rangel ; de Carvalho, Aline Martins ; Maculan, Benildes Coura Moreira dos Santos ; Koffler, Sheina ; Montedo, Uiara Bandineli ; Drucker, Debora Pignatari ; Santiago, Raquel ; Gavai, Anand ; de Carvalho, Maria Clara Peres ; Lima, Ana Carolina da Silva ; Gabriel, Hillary Dandara Elias ; de Franca, Stephanie Gabriele Mendonca ; de Almeida, Karoline Reis ; dos Santos, Barbara Junqueira ; Saraiva, Antonio Mauro

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: GIGASCIENCE; v. 13, p. 3-pg., 2024-03-05.

Abstract

Urbanization brings forth social challenges in emerging countries such as Brazil, encompassing food scarcity, health deterioration, air pollution, and biodiversity loss. Despite this, urban areas like the city of S & atilde;o Paulo still boast ample green spaces, offering opportunities for nature appreciation and conservation, enhancing city resilience and livability. Citizen science is a collaborative endeavor between professional scientists and nonprofessional scientists in scientific research that may help to understand the dynamics of urban ecosystems. We believe citizen science has the potential to promote human and nature connection in urban areas and provide useful data on urban biodiversity. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 19/26760-8 - Citizen science contributions to the study and conservation of bees in dynamic landscapes
• Grantee: Sheina Koffler
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 22/08385-8 - A framework for the semantic interoperability of datasets: a case study in agriculture
• Grantee: Filipi Miranda Soares
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 21/15125-0 - A metadata model for interoperability of agricultural databases
• Grantee: Filipi Miranda Soares
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 18/14994-1 - Safeguarding pollination services in a changing world: theory into practice (SURPASS2)
• Grantee: Antonio Mauro Saraiva
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants