Consulta: subjectFacets:"Public participation in scientific research"
Registros recuperados: 3
Data/hora: 03/06/2024 08:03:17

Communication and sustainability science teams as complex systems
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: McGreavy, Bridie; New England Sustainability Consortium, University of Maine; bridie.mcgreavy@maine.edu; Lindenfeld, Laura; Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center &amp; Communication &amp; Journalism, University of Maine; Laura_Lindenfeld@umit.maine.edu; Hutchins Bieluch, Karen; Dartmouth College; Karen_Hutchins@umit.maine.edu; Silka, Linda; Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, University of Maine; Linda_Silka@umit.maine.edu; Leahy, Jessica ; School of Forest Resources, University of Maine; jessica.leahy@maine.edu; Zoellick, Bill; Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park; bill@sercinstitute.org.
Communication is essential to resilience, as interactions among humans influence how social-ecological systems (SES) respond to change. Our research focuses on how specific communication interactions on sustainability science teams, such as how people meet with each other; the ways in which they categorize themselves and others; the decision-making models they use; and their communication competencies affect outcomes. We describe research from a two-year study of communication in Maine's Sustainability Solutions Initiative, a statewide network of sustainability science teams. Our results demonstrate that decision making and communication competencies influenced mutual understanding, inclusion of diverse ideas, and progress toward sustainability-related...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Communication; Interdisciplinary collaboration; Public participation in scientific research; Resilience; Structuration Theory; Sustainability science.
Ano: 2015

Individual- and community-level impacts of volunteer environmental monitoring: a synthesis of peer-reviewed literature
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Stepenuck, Kristine F; University of Wisconsin-Extension; Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; kris.stepenuck@uvm.edu; Green, Linda T; URI Watershed Watch; University of Rhode Island-Cooperative Extension; lgreen@uri.edu.
Citizens have long contributed to scientific research about the environment through volunteer environmental monitoring programs. Their participation has also resulted in outcomes for themselves, their communities, and the environment. This research synthesizes 35 peer-reviewed journal articles that reported such outcomes through 2012. This collection of articles was derived from a pool of 436 peer-reviewed journal articles about participatory environmental monitoring. Reported outcomes for participants and communities ranged from increasing personal knowledge and community awareness to changing attitudes and behaviors, building social capital, and ultimately, influencing change in natural resource management and policies. Mixed results were reported in...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Citizen science; Impacts; Natural resources; Outcomes; Public participation in scientific research; Volunteer monitoring.
Ano: 2015

Trends, challenges, and responses of a 20-year, volunteer water monitoring  program in Alabama
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Deutsch, William G; Alabama Water Watch, Auburn University Water Resources Center; deutswg@auburn.edu.
Volunteer water monitoring programs are one of the most popular forms of citizen science, but many face governmental funding cuts and other threats to their continuation. Alabama Water Watch (AWW) is such a program that for more than 20 years has had positive influences on ecosystems and society through environmental education, waterbody protection and restoration, and promotion of improved water policy. A temporal analysis of 15 program indicators revealed 4 phases of AWW that followed general patterns of organizational development. These included periods of rapid growth, cresting, moderate decline, and stabilization at a lower level of activity. Five factors influenced these trends: saturation of potential groups, loss of monitors from aging,...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed article
Palavras-chave: Citizen science; Community-based monitoring; Program sustainability; Public participation in scientific research; Volunteer water monitoring.
Ano: 2015