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Workshop 5: The policy implications of citizen science. How citizen science could support better policy formulation,
implementation and assessment
"Sharing is nice." Community consequences of self organised collections of
biodiversity data in Central and Eastern Europe: the role of citizens, professionals and
open tools
Dr. Miklós Bán,
University of Debrecen, Hungary
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KEY Characteristics of sustainable biodiversity data management
● Flexible, interconnectable interfaces● Decentralized system● Open-sourced, community driven development
● Long term operation without regular charges and countinous financial background
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Miklós Bán
Mocskonyi Zsófia
Sipos Katalin
Bérces Sándor
Duna-Ipoly National Park,2011 autumn
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Katalin Sipos directorWWF Hungary
Gábor Boné coordinator István Kovács director
Milvus Group, Romania
prof. Zoltán Barta head of Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, Kornél Ecsedi head of department in Informatics Directorate,Dr. Mihály Földvári lecturer, Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human BiologyDr. Miklós Bán lecturer, Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology
University of Debrecen
Dávid Ritter director of Informatics Directorate,Eötvös Lóránd University, Hungary
Dr. Erika Pénzesné Kónya (Dean, Faculty of Science)Szugyiczki csaba (developer)
Eszterházy Károly University, Hungary
Sándor Bérces curator, Nature Conservation department,Zsolt Baranyai head of Nature Conservation department, Zsófia Mocskonyi data supervisor, Nature Conservation department
Danube-Ipoly National Park Directorate, Hungary
Few years later...
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Few years later..
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Consortium partners
Duna-Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság
Eötvös Loránd Egyetem
Eszterházy Károly Egyetem
Milvus Group, Romania
Debreceni Egyetem
WWF Magyarország
Duna-Dráva Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság
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Map of 32 countries where there are data sets in OpenBioMaps databases~ 30 active databases
~ 2.5 million biodiversity related data records
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Contributions
● >30 projects● >100 people in 25.000 work hours● ...
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Conservational projects
● Duna-Ipoly National Park (Hungary)● Bükki National Park (Hungary)● Bükki National Park - Dél-Hevesi tájegység (Hungary)● Duna-Dráva National Park (Hungary)● Őrségi National Park (Hungary)● Fertő-Hanság National Park (Hungary)● Hortobágy National Park (Hungary)● Milvus Group Association (Romania)
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Conservational / citizen science projects
● The Eurasian Kurgan Database● Balkan Herps● Corfu Dragonflies● ...
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The Eurasian Kurgan Database
http://deak-valko.blogspot.com
● 500-700k ancient burial mounds in Eurasia
● cultural values● conservation role● citizen science● Russian translation of OBM
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Research Projects
● Transdiptera (Diptera database)● Hungarian Flora Atlas (public database)● Global Plover Database (Evolutionary biology)● Sex-Ratio Evolution (Evolutionary biology, literature data)● Orthoptera (Orthoptera data)● Panurus biarmicus project (behaviour ecology research)● Debrecen DNA Bank (Eurasian Steppe Region DNA database)● .....
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Citizen Projects
● Bird rings● Blackbirds● Lepke-háló● ...
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Citizen Projects
● Dead animals database● ...
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Citizen Projects
● Public Nestbox Database● Bird Atlas of Debrecen●
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OpenBioMaps server network
biomaps.elte.huELTE
Budapest,Hungary
Milvus Groupopenbirdmaps.roMarosvásárhely,Romania
I n t e r n e t u s e r s
Duna-Ipoly NPdinpi.openbiomaps.orgBudapest, Hungary
P r i v a t e u s e r s
SenckenbergFrankfurt
Bükki NPobm.bnpi.huBudapest, Hungary
Flora Atlasobm.uni-sopron.hu
Soproni EgyetemSopron, Hungary
openbiomaps.orgUniversity of Debrecen
Debrecen
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Key features● Creating individual database● Public and private servers● Mobile application ● Web interface● Invitations
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Key features
● Simple data upload (up to tens of thousands of data daily): – with using web forms– with file upload: xls, shape, gpx, csv,
fasta, image files, ..– with mobile app
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Key features
● Egyszerű adatfelvitel: – webes űrlap– fájl feltöltés: xls, shape, gpx, csv, ..– telefonos alkalmazás
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Key features● Map display
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Key features
● Accessing data from desktop apps or other clients:
QGIS, R,...
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Key features● Save, repeat and share queries:
– Data export: CSV, SHP, ...– Permanent identifiers
for queries: DOI (DataCite)
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new economical view
● open-source, distributed development:– reduced development costs
● various usage possibilities– opens new ways of development
● collaborative management & distributed operation:– reduced regular costs – opens unpredicted ways of collaborations
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Thank you
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DISCUSSION
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Involving people● There are innumerable social domains who has different
impact on biodiversity and all of them have to been addressed in different ways.
● It is not possible with centralized tools, but much more with forming good networks.
● Therefore building networks which can connect and motivate different people is very important.
● Important to find key-people to build these networks. Key people are those who can build local networks in their social domains to spread information and involve people in action.
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discussion thoughts● Answering to Biodiversity loss:
– Preservation and even more Prevention– Preservation need conservation institutes and collaborative people and collaborative economy and supporting policy.– Prevention need well informed people, motivation, and sensitiveness– Science need good quality data and fast reactions – Governments need evidence, clear explanations, short and long term evaluations and recommendations– Conservation institutes need money, power, true-hearted people and political support
● Citizens can take action and should be involved in both level:– citizens can support PRESERVATION with cooperation and awareness and also can support with actions– citizens can support PREVENTATION with their individual decisions how they live. This can be an effective support if people can understand the problems and are sensitive to
the problems. Therefore it is essential to involve people into various ways to go to nature, watch nature, follow changes and understand changes.... How it can be achieved?● Science can use people/citizens in such data collection where the task can be divided into small simple pieces and the data quality can be easily verified ● Conservation can use people/citizens in such data collection ─ || ─● Involving citizens in data collection has an other extremely important view: involved people will more sensitive, they go to the nature ... This is more
important than the collected data itself.● Therefore we need interconnect - build bridges between conservation - science and citizens!● How it can be possible???● We have created a technical tool which can help to build such like cooperation and collaborations....●
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● Lost increasing speed, increased pressure on governments less support for conservation institutes.● This is a long story, started with scientists, moved to governmental level, and people started to act - silent spring, MSC, FSC. Conservation need people,
people need information. No conservation without people and no prevention without involving people. Biodiversa.● People can extend the possibilities of science and conservation. Like ants, simple tasks.... People can build bridges.
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to get in touch with people● The strongest reason behind the
biodiversity loss is the insensitivness and ignorance of, of millions of people.
● If millions of people could change only one poppy seed, the situation would be much better.
● Is it true?