Farmland biodiversity monitoring through citizen science: A review of existing approaches and future opportunities.

ABSTRACT: Biodiversity monitoring in agricultural landscapes is important for assessing the effects of both land use change and activities that influence farmland biodiversity. Despite a considerable increase in citizen science approaches to biodiversity monitoring in recent decades, their potential in farmland-specific contexts has not been systematically examined. This paper therefore provides a comprehensive review of existing citizen science approaches involving biodiversity monitoring on farmland. Using three complementary methods, we identify a range of programmes at least partially covering farmland. From these, we develop a typology of eight programme types, reflecting distinctions in types of data collected and nature of volunteer involvement, and highlight their respective strengths and li

SUBMITTER: Ruck A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10774504 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature