EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
5/25/2021 | 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM | PARTICIPATORY AND CITIZEN SCIENCE IN TROPICAL FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS: A 25 YEAR REVIEW | Virtual Platform
PARTICIPATORY AND CITIZEN SCIENCE IN TROPICAL FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS: A 25 YEAR REVIEW
Citizen science has been characterized as an Eurocentric research method. However, research in conservation, management, and monitoring in the tropics have often adopted participatory methods, of which citizen science could be considered a subset of. In a comprehensive literature review, we identified 423 scientific papers in the fields of ecology and conservation based on participatory research experiences from 57 tropical countries over the last 25 years. Of these, about 66% identified their research as “citizen science,” many in addition to other participatory methods, such as “community-based monitoring.” Although many publications are authored by researchers from non-tropical countries, more than 80% of the papers included authors from local institutions. More than half of the papers found on resource management focused on fisheries, yet only 30 papers focused on freshwater ecosystems. This result shows that freshwater science in the tropics has much to gain from these methodologies. In this talk, we highlight the context of participatory research in the tropics, its potential for furthering freshwater science, and its possibilities for more equitable collaboration and co-production of knowledge.
- Tropical
- Adaptive management
- Monitoring
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Thiago Couto
(), Florida International University, tbelisar@fiu.edu;
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Natalia Piland
(), Florida International University, npiland@fiu.edu;
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Maria Pulido
(), Florida International University, mpuli012@fiu.edu;
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Elizabeth P Anderson
(), Florida International University, epanders@fiu.edu;
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