Citizen science and the United Nations sustainable development goals
Citizen science and the United Nations sustainable development goals
Traditional data sources are not sufficient for measuring the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. New and non-traditional sources of data are required. Citizen science is an emerging example of a non-traditional data source that is already making a contribution. In this Perspective, we present a roadmap that outlines how citizen science can be integrated into the formal Sustainable Development Goals reporting mechanisms. Success will require leadership from the United Nations, innovation from National Statistical Offices and focus from the citizen-science community to identify the indicators for which citizen science can make a real contribution.
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Fritz, Steffen
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See, Linda
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Carlson, Tyler
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Espey, Jessica
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Fritz, Steffen
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See, Linda
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Carlson, Tyler
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Espey, Jessica
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Fritz, Steffen, See, Linda and Carlson, Tyler
,
et al.
(2019)
Citizen science and the United Nations sustainable development goals.
Nature Sustainability, 2, .
(doi:10.1038/s41893-019-0390-3).
Abstract
Traditional data sources are not sufficient for measuring the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. New and non-traditional sources of data are required. Citizen science is an emerging example of a non-traditional data source that is already making a contribution. In this Perspective, we present a roadmap that outlines how citizen science can be integrated into the formal Sustainable Development Goals reporting mechanisms. Success will require leadership from the United Nations, innovation from National Statistical Offices and focus from the citizen-science community to identify the indicators for which citizen science can make a real contribution.
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 August 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 October 2019
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Correction Notice: a correction to this research output can be found at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0426-8
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