Contributions to conservation outcomes by natural history museum-led citizen science: Examining evidence and next steps
Contributions to conservation outcomes by natural history museum-led citizen science: Examining evidence and next steps
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10.1016/j.biocon.2016.08.040
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发表时间：
2017-04-01
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5.9
通讯作者：
Tweddle, John C.
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作者：
Ballard, Heidi L.;Robinson, Lucy D.;Tweddle, John C.
通过其独特的标本收藏，科学和公共教育的专业知识，以及广泛的受众范围和信任的组合，自然历史博物馆（NHM）是通过公民科学连接保护科学和教育的明显设置。基于100多年来业余博物学家对生物多样性科学的贡献，最近出现了一系列基于NHM的公民科学计划。然而，还没有对这项工作的保护成果进行比较研究。我们在这里问;有什么证据表明NHM的公民科学有助于保护，什么样的计划和战略这样做，以及如何才能更好地实现这种方法的保护目标？我们分析了三个博物馆（一个是英国博物馆，两个美国）评估它们是否以及如何促进与养护有关的成果。我们发现的证据表明，他们支持保护直接，通过网站和物种管理，并通过研究，教育和政策的影响间接。这项研究对理解NHM在最大限度地发挥公民科学的社会生态影响方面可以发挥的作用具有影响，包括将公民科学带给新的受众，动员志愿者收集和分析数据以研究物种入侵和全球变化的影响，以及在城市系统中进行与当地相关的研究。NHM公民科学可以为科学参与者提供多个切入点和参与水平，并在实地和虚拟环境中获得研究生物多样性的新手段。从我们的研究结果中，我们建议NHM和其他类似的保护组织内的研究和教育人员之间的合作，以及与外部组织的伙伴关系，成功地促进保护成果。(c)2016作者爱思唯尔有限公司出版
Through their unique combination of specimen collections, scientific and public education expertise, and wide audience reach and trust, natural history museums (NHMs) are obvious settings for bridging conservation science and education through citizen science. Building on over 100 years of amateur naturalist contributions to bio-diversity science, a wide range of NHM-based citizen science programs have emerged recently. Yet no comparative studies of the conservation outcomes of this work exist. Here we ask; what is the evidence that NHM citizen science contributes to conservation, what kinds of programs and strategies do so, and how could this approach be better realized for conservation goals? We analyzed 44 citizen science programs across three museums (one U.K., two U.S.) to assess whether and how they contribute to conservation-relevant outcomes. We found evidence that they support conservation both directly, through site and species management, and indirectly through research, education and policy impacts. This study has implications for understanding the role NHMs can play in maximizing the socio-ecological impacts of citizen science, including bringing citizen science to new audiences, mobilizing volunteers to collect and analyze data to study species invasions and impacts of global changes, and conducting locally-relevant research in urban systems. NHM citizen science can provide multiple entry-points and levels of engagement for participants in science and access to new means of studying bio-diversity, both in the field and virtually. From our findings we recommend collaboration among the research and education staff within NHMs and other similar conservation organizations, as well as partnerships with external organizations to successfully contribute to conservation outcomes. (c) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.