{"id":3752,"date":"2022-11-05T14:53:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T14:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adoptabosque.org\/?page_id=3752"},"modified":"2023-04-06T03:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T03:30:28","slug":"ciencia-ciudadana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adoptabosque.org\/en\/ciencia-ciudadana\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen Science"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\tCitizen Science (main page)<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\n\tGlobal Big Day<\/a>\n\tNational Bird Count<\/a>\n\tReto Panam\u00e1 Biodiversa<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\n\tA huge amount of information is required to address global problems such as habitat loss, extinction, and climate change \u2013 more than professional scientists can collect alone. Citizen science projects allow interested non-professionals to participate in the scientific process and, in turn, provides an opportunity to conduct studies on an almost unprecedented scale.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCitizen science comes in many forms. Some projects, like a BioBlitz, are often run by a specific group or organization and require participants to collect specific data, in a specific location, over a specific timeframe. Other projects, especially online databases like eBird or iNaturalist, allow participants to collect observations at their own pace. Regardless of the specifics, citizen science projects tend to share certain characteristics:\n<\/p>\n