The promise and pitfalls of community-based monitoring with a focus on Canadian examples.

ABSTRACT: Community-based monitoring (CBM) is a widely used form of scientific data collection in which local community members directly participate in ecosystem research and also help the process by sharing traditional ecological knowledge and local understanding of land and resources. This paper presents a review of the challenges and opportunities associated with CBM projects in Canada and internationally. While Canadian cases are the primary focus, international examples are drawn on to provide additional context. Based on our review of 121 documents and publications, we found that CBM helps fill science research gaps by providing access to continuous data sets on the ecosystems being studied. CBM also increases the credibility of the data among users, as the community itself takes part in the e

SUBMITTER: Mamun AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9988817 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature