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

Conservation Letters

Finn Danielsen³  Karin Pirhofer-Walzl³  Teis P. Adrian³  Daniel R. Kapijimpanga³  Neil D. Burgess¹  Per M. Jensen⁷  Rick Bonney⁴  Mikkel Funder²  Arild Landa⁶  Nette Levermann⁵ 

[1] Centre for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Biology Department, Copenhagen University, Universitetsparken 15, Denmark;Danish Institute of International Studies, Denmark;Nordisk Fond for Miljø og Udvikling, DK-1159 Copenhagen K, Denmark;Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA;Ministry of Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture, Government of Greenland, Greenland;Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Postboks 5685, Sluppen, Norway;Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen University, Denmark

关键词: Adaptive management;    Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services;    locally based monitoring;    observing system;    participatory monitoring;    typology;    2020 target;   

DOI  :  10.1111/conl.12024

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

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.

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