Empowering Citizens to Inform Decision-Making as a Way Forward to Support Invasive Alien Species Policy
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Observations reported by citizens are crucial to the ability of scientists to inform policy on biodiversity. This is particularly relevant in the case of preventing and controlling biological invasions; that is, the introduction and spread of species outside their natural ranges as a consequence of human activity. Such invasions of natural ecosystems represent one of the main threats to biodiversity, economy, and human well-being globally, and policies on tackling this issue require a strong evidence base that increasingly is built on citizen science. Many citizens are motivated to collect data for their own interest, while presumably, few expect to make a major impact on policy. The needs of policy-makers are not always aligned with the approaches used by citizens to collect and share data. Therefore, how can we motivate citizen science for the needs of policy without compromising the enjoyment that citizens gain from collecting biodiversity observations? How can policy-makers support citizens to collect the data they need? Solutions require two components, a combination of social and technological innovation. Initiatives aimed at supporting decision-making processes should involve more societal actors and be built in a more collaborative or even co-created manner with citizens, scientists, and policy-makers. Technological solutions can be achieved through regular, rapid, and open publication of biodiversity data products. We envisage frequent publication of maps and indicators from rapidly mobilized data, with clear pointers to gaps in knowledge. Improving the links between data collection and delivery of policy-relevant information demonstrates – to citizens and their organizations – the need for their data, and gives them a clear view on the impact of their data on policy. This visibility also empowers stakeholder organizations in the policy development process.
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Engaging volunteers in surveillance and monitoring is a low-cost, large-scale, and long-term option.
“Engaging volunteers in surveillance and monitoring is a low‐cost, large‐scale, and long‐term option (Roy et al., 2015; Pocock et al., 2018; Groom et al., 2019).”
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In “Citizen Science and Biological Invasions,” the paper says citizen observations enable surveillance at larger spatial extents and provide long time series and broad land coverage. It describes contributors as unpaid, but does not establish that volunteer surveillance and monitoring is a low-cost option overall. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredOvercoming knowing-doing gaps, involving citizen science, and raising awareness are making important contributions towards developing effective, operational, and clear mechanisms for much greater public and political engagement with biological invasions.
“Overcoming knowing–doing gaps (Hulme, 2014a ; Foxcroft et al., 2020), involving citizen science (Groom et al., 2019), and raising awareness are making important contributions towards developing effective, operational, and clear mechanisms for much greater public and, hence, political engagement with the many complex and interacting dimensions of biological invasions.”
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- Authors
- Groom, Q., Strubbe, D., Adriaens, T., Davis, A. J. S., Desmet, P., Oldoni, D., Reyserhove, L., Roy, H. E., & Vanderhoeven, S.
- Affiliations
- Meise Botanic Garden (BE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Research Institute for Nature and Forest (BE)
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Groom, Quentin
- ORCID
- Venue
- Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
- Publisher
- Ubiquity Press, Ltd.
- Published
- 2019
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 2057-4991 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2993747735
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 76
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 8
- FWCI
- 9.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Citizen Science Theory and Practice (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council) (acceptedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Citizen Science: Theory and Practice (Citizen Science Association) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BR/165/A1/TrIAS)
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/R016429/1, NE/R016429, R016429/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecological Modeling › Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Research Data Management Practices
- Keywords
- invasive species, citizen science, biodiversity policy, biological invasions, co-creation, biodiversity indicators, data sharing, stakeholder engagement, science-policy interface, biodiversity observations
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