Fwd: Citizen Science in ecology in India - an initial mapping and analysis
J.M. Garg
From: vsra...@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 15:57
Subject: Citizen Science in ecology in India - an initial mapping and analysis
To:
Apologies for Cross posting (from NatHist-India yahoo group)
Dear Friends,
We are very happy to bring to your notice the final report of our
recently completed project 'Citizen Science in ecology in India' that
was carried out at the DST Centre for Policy Research at IIT Delhi.
A comprehensive, first of its kind, study of Citizen Science in Ecology
initiatives in India, the report provides detailed information of 17
Citizen Science projects and offers insight and analysis that could be
of use to policy makers, researchers, scientists, media persons and the
citizen scientists themselves.
The report has been uploaded to academia.edu and can be accessed from
the following link:
https://www.academia.edu/39816694/Citizen_Science_in_ecology_in_India_-_an_initial_mapping_and_analysis
(For list of contents please see below)
If you are unable to access it for any reason, pls do let us know and
we'll email you the pdf.
We look forward very much to your comments and reactions and also
suggestions of how this work can be taken forward.
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CITIZEN SCIENCE IN ECOLOGY IN INDIA - AN INITIAL MAPPING AND ANALYSIS
LIST OF CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Executive summary
- Introduction
.. A brief history of Citizen Science
.. Citizen Science in ecology in India
- Methodology
- Analysis Part I
a. Subjects of research
b. Time Frame
c. Data related
d. Data quality
- Analysis Part II
a. Citizen Science as data collection
b. From within the establishment
c. Technologies of Citizen Science
d. Voluntarity
e. The Citizen Science nomenclature
- Conclusion
- Annexures
- References 82
- List of Boxes
1: Some notable outputs from the Citizen Science projects
2: On the relevance and potential of Citizen Science in India
3: On issues of data quality related to Citizen Science
4: On the central role being played by a certain set of technologies
5: On the logic and rationale of using the nomenclature of ‘Citizen Science’
best wishes
Pankaj and Naveen
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Pankaj Sekhsaria, PhD
Associate Professor, Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas
(CTARA) & Associate Faculty, Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), IIT-Bombay.
Member, Kalpavriksh Environmental Action Group
Author:
- 'Instrumental Lives - an intimate biography of an Indian laboratory'
(Routledge, 2019); https://tinyurl.com/y2bp5eoo
- 'Islands in Flux - the Andaman & Nicobar Story (Harper Litmus 2017)
- 'The Last Wave - an island novel' (HarperCollins, 2014)
Check: https://tinyurl.com/y8ggv6l5
Recent paper:
Media reporting on the protected areas in Maharashtra, India: a thematic
analysis, Journal of Threatened Taxa,
.
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J.M.Garg
'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna'
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