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Workshop 5: The policy implications of citizen science. How
citizen science could support better policy formulation,
implementation and assessment
"Sharing is nice." Community consequences of self organised
collections of
biodiversity data in Central and Eastern Europe: the role of
citizens, professionals and
open tools
Dr. Miklós Bán,
University of Debrecen, Hungary
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KEY Characteristics of sustainable biodiversity data
management
● Flexible, interconnectable interfaces● Decentralized system●
Open-sourced, community driven development
● Long term operation without regular charges and countinous
financial background
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Miklós Bán
Mocskonyi Zsófia
Sipos Katalin
Bérces Sándor
Duna-Ipoly National Park,2011 autumn
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Katalin Sipos directorWWF Hungary
Gábor Boné coordinator István Kovács director
Milvus Group, Romania
prof. Zoltán Barta head of Department of Evolutionary Zoology
and Human Biology, Kornél Ecsedi head of department in Informatics
Directorate,Dr. Mihály Földvári lecturer, Department of
Evolutionary Zoology and Human BiologyDr. Miklós Bán lecturer,
Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology
University of Debrecen
Dávid Ritter director of Informatics Directorate,Eötvös Lóránd
University, Hungary
Dr. Erika Pénzesné Kónya (Dean, Faculty of Science)Szugyiczki
csaba (developer)
Eszterházy Károly University, Hungary
Sándor Bérces curator, Nature Conservation department,Zsolt
Baranyai head of Nature Conservation department, Zsófia Mocskonyi
data supervisor, Nature Conservation department
Danube-Ipoly National Park Directorate, Hungary
Few years later...
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Few years later..
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Consortium partners
Duna-Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság
Eötvös Loránd Egyetem
Eszterházy Károly Egyetem
Milvus Group, Romania
Debreceni Egyetem
WWF Magyarország
Duna-Dráva Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság
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Map of 32 countries where there are data sets in OpenBioMaps
databases~ 30 active databases
~ 2.5 million biodiversity related data records
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Contributions
● >30 projects● >100 people in 25.000 work hours● ...
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Conservational projects
● Duna-Ipoly National Park (Hungary)● Bükki National Park
(Hungary)● Bükki National Park - Dél-Hevesi tájegység (Hungary)●
Duna-Dráva National Park (Hungary)● Őrségi National Park (Hungary)●
Fertő-Hanság National Park (Hungary)● Hortobágy National Park
(Hungary)● Milvus Group Association (Romania)
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Conservational / citizen science projects
● The Eurasian Kurgan Database● Balkan Herps● Corfu Dragonflies●
...
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The Eurasian Kurgan Database
http://deak-valko.blogspot.com
● 500-700k ancient burial mounds in Eurasia
● cultural values● conservation role● citizen science● Russian
translation of OBM
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Research Projects
● Transdiptera (Diptera database)● Hungarian Flora Atlas (public
database)● Global Plover Database (Evolutionary biology)● Sex-Ratio
Evolution (Evolutionary biology, literature data)● Orthoptera
(Orthoptera data)● Panurus biarmicus project (behaviour ecology
research)● Debrecen DNA Bank (Eurasian Steppe Region DNA database)●
.....
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Citizen Projects
● Bird rings● Blackbirds● Lepke-háló● ...
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Citizen Projects
● Dead animals database● ...
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Citizen Projects
● Public Nestbox Database● Bird Atlas of Debrecen●
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OpenBioMaps server network
biomaps.elte.huELTE
Budapest,Hungary
Milvus Groupopenbirdmaps.roMarosvásárhely,Romania
I n t e r n e t u s e r s
Duna-Ipoly NPdinpi.openbiomaps.orgBudapest, Hungary
P r i v a t e u s e r s
SenckenbergFrankfurt
Bükki NPobm.bnpi.huBudapest, Hungary
Flora Atlasobm.uni-sopron.hu
Soproni EgyetemSopron, Hungary
openbiomaps.orgUniversity of Debrecen
Debrecen
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Key features● Creating individual database● Public and private
servers● Mobile application ● Web interface● Invitations
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Key features
● Simple data upload (up to tens of thousands of data daily): –
with using web forms– with file upload: xls, shape, gpx, csv,
fasta, image files, ..– with mobile app
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Key features
● Egyszerű adatfelvitel: – webes űrlap– fájl feltöltés: xls,
shape, gpx, csv, ..– telefonos alkalmazás
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Key features● Map display
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Key features
● Accessing data from desktop apps or other clients:
QGIS, R,...
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Key features● Save, repeat and share queries:
– Data export: CSV, SHP, ...– Permanent identifiers
for queries: DOI (DataCite)
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new economical view
● open-source, distributed development:– reduced development
costs
● various usage possibilities– opens new ways of development
● collaborative management & distributed operation:– reduced
regular costs – opens unpredicted ways of collaborations
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Thank you
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DISCUSSION
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Involving people● There are innumerable social domains who has
different
impact on biodiversity and all of them have to been addressed in
different ways.
● It is not possible with centralized tools, but much more with
forming good networks.
● Therefore building networks which can connect and motivate
different people is very important.
● Important to find key-people to build these networks. Key
people are those who can build local networks in their social
domains to spread information and involve people in action.
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discussion thoughts● Answering to Biodiversity loss:
– Preservation and even more Prevention– Preservation need
conservation institutes and collaborative people and collaborative
economy and supporting policy.– Prevention need well informed
people, motivation, and sensitiveness– Science need good quality
data and fast reactions – Governments need evidence, clear
explanations, short and long term evaluations and recommendations–
Conservation institutes need money, power, true-hearted people and
political support
● Citizens can take action and should be involved in both
level:– citizens can support PRESERVATION with cooperation and
awareness and also can support with actions– citizens can support
PREVENTATION with their individual decisions how they live. This
can be an effective support if people can understand the problems
and are sensitive to
the problems. Therefore it is essential to involve people into
various ways to go to nature, watch nature, follow changes and
understand changes.... How it can be achieved?● Science can use
people/citizens in such data collection where the task can be
divided into small simple pieces and the data quality can be easily
verified ● Conservation can use people/citizens in such data
collection ─ || ─● Involving citizens in data collection has an
other extremely important view: involved people will more
sensitive, they go to the nature ... This is more
important than the collected data itself.● Therefore we need
interconnect - build bridges between conservation - science and
citizens!● How it can be possible???● We have created a technical
tool which can help to build such like cooperation and
collaborations....●
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● Lost increasing speed, increased pressure on governments less
support for conservation institutes.● This is a long story, started
with scientists, moved to governmental level, and people started to
act - silent spring, MSC, FSC. Conservation need people,
people need information. No conservation without people and no
prevention without involving people. Biodiversa.● People can extend
the possibilities of science and conservation. Like ants, simple
tasks.... People can build bridges.
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to get in touch with people● The strongest reason behind the
biodiversity loss is the insensitivness and ignorance of, of
millions of people.
● If millions of people could change only one poppy seed, the
situation would be much better.
● Is it true?