Protecting biodiversity is critical due to the ecosystem services it provides that are threatened by industrial impacts. Working with iSea, an ENGO in Greece, we sought to increase biodiversity monitoring through use of an online platform: iNaturalist. Our goal was to assess stakeholder interest in iNaturalist and identify how the application can enhance biodiversity monitoring initiatives. The team conducted interviews with iSea staff, NGOs, research institutions, educational programs, and designed educational activities with iNaturalist. From this research, we found that social interactions are imperative to citizen science success, the scientific community is hesitant about data reliability and propriety, and that iNaturalist has potential as a powerful active learning tool.

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Creator

• Nargi, Clare
• Lue Chee Lip, Alana
• Robinson, Kyra
• Niemiec, Kenneth

Subject

• Environment
• Project-Based Learning
• Learning
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 108196
• E-project-050323-081627

Keyword

• Greece
• Citizen science
• Biodiversity
• iNaturalist
• NGO
• Education

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Volkov, Darko

Year

• 2023

Sponsor

• iSea

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 14 - Life Below Water
• 15 - Life On Land

Date created

• 2023-05-03

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-050323-081627

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-23