The role of digital data entry in participatory environmental monitoring
Many argue that monitoring conducted exclusively by scientists is insufficient to address ongoing environmental challenges. One solution entails the use of mobile digital devices in participatory monitoring (PM) programs. But how digital data entry affects programs with varying levels of stakeholder...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/508612 2024-02-04T10:00:50+01:00 The role of digital data entry in participatory environmental monitoring Brammer, Jeremy R. Brunet, Nicolas D. Burton, A.C. Cuerrier, Alain Danielsen, Finn Dewan, Kanwaljeet Herrmann, Thora Martina Jackson, Micha V. Kennett, Rod Larocque, Guillaume Mulrennan, Monica Pratihast, Arun Kumar Saint-Arnaud, Marie Scott, Colin Humphries, Murray M. 2016 application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/the-role-of-digital-data-entry-in-participatory-environmental-mon https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12727 en eng https://edepot.wur.nl/393116 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/the-role-of-digital-data-entry-in-participatory-environmental-mon doi:10.1111/cobi.12727 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Wageningen University & Research Conservation Biology 30 (2016) 6 ISSN: 0888-8892 Ciencia ciudadana Citizen science Community-based monitoring Conocimiento ecológico tradicional Monitoreo basado en comunidades Monitoreo y manejo participativo Participación de público en la investigación científica Participatory monitoring and management Public participation in scientific research Traditional ecological knowledge info:eu-repo/semantics/article Article/Letter to editor info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftunivwagenin https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12727 2024-01-10T23:18:20Z Many argue that monitoring conducted exclusively by scientists is insufficient to address ongoing environmental challenges. One solution entails the use of mobile digital devices in participatory monitoring (PM) programs. But how digital data entry affects programs with varying levels of stakeholder participation, from nonscientists collecting field data to nonscientists administering every step of a monitoring program, remains unclear. We reviewed the successes, in terms of management interventions and sustainability, of 107 monitoring programs described in the literature (hereafter programs) and compared these with case studies from our PM experiences in Australia, Canada, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greenland, and Vietnam (hereafter cases). Our literature review showed that participatory programs were less likely to use digital devices, and 2 of our 3 more participatory cases were also slow to adopt digital data entry. Programs that were participatory and used digital devices were more likely to report management actions, which was consistent with cases in Ethiopia, Greenland, and Australia. Programs engaging volunteers were more frequently reported as ongoing, but those involving digital data entry were less often sustained when data collectors were volunteers. For the Vietnamese and Canadian cases, sustainability was undermined by a mismatch in stakeholder objectives. In the Ghanaian case, complex field protocols diminished monitoring sustainability. Innovative technologies attract interest, but the foundation of effective participatory adaptive monitoring depends more on collaboratively defined questions, objectives, conceptual models, and monitoring approaches. When this foundation is built through effective partnerships, digital data entry can enable the collection of more data of higher quality. Without this foundation, or when implemented ineffectively or unnecessarily, digital data entry can be an additional expense that distracts from core monitoring objectives and undermines project sustainability. The ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library Canada Greenland Conservation Biology 30 6 1277 1287 |
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Ciencia ciudadana Citizen science Community-based monitoring Conocimiento ecológico tradicional Monitoreo basado en comunidades Monitoreo y manejo participativo Participación de público en la investigación científica Participatory monitoring and management Public participation in scientific research Traditional ecological knowledge |
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Many argue that monitoring conducted exclusively by scientists is insufficient to address ongoing environmental challenges. One solution entails the use of mobile digital devices in participatory monitoring (PM) programs. But how digital data entry affects programs with varying levels of stakeholder participation, from nonscientists collecting field data to nonscientists administering every step of a monitoring program, remains unclear. We reviewed the successes, in terms of management interventions and sustainability, of 107 monitoring programs described in the literature (hereafter programs) and compared these with case studies from our PM experiences in Australia, Canada, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greenland, and Vietnam (hereafter cases). Our literature review showed that participatory programs were less likely to use digital devices, and 2 of our 3 more participatory cases were also slow to adopt digital data entry. Programs that were participatory and used digital devices were more likely to report management actions, which was consistent with cases in Ethiopia, Greenland, and Australia. Programs engaging volunteers were more frequently reported as ongoing, but those involving digital data entry were less often sustained when data collectors were volunteers. For the Vietnamese and Canadian cases, sustainability was undermined by a mismatch in stakeholder objectives. In the Ghanaian case, complex field protocols diminished monitoring sustainability. Innovative technologies attract interest, but the foundation of effective participatory adaptive monitoring depends more on collaboratively defined questions, objectives, conceptual models, and monitoring approaches. When this foundation is built through effective partnerships, digital data entry can enable the collection of more data of higher quality. Without this foundation, or when implemented ineffectively or unnecessarily, digital data entry can be an additional expense that distracts from core monitoring objectives and undermines project sustainability. The ... |
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Brammer, Jeremy R. Brunet, Nicolas D. Burton, A.C. Cuerrier, Alain Danielsen, Finn Dewan, Kanwaljeet Herrmann, Thora Martina Jackson, Micha V. Kennett, Rod Larocque, Guillaume Mulrennan, Monica Pratihast, Arun Kumar Saint-Arnaud, Marie Scott, Colin Humphries, Murray M. |
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