Behind the scenes of a community conservation NGO
A few years ago, I wrote a list of all of the skills needed by community conservation groups to carry out their restoration mahi (works). Terms such as “bottom up” […]
Tag Archives: volunteers
The long and short of #citsci #volunteering
Over the last few months, I’ve been working on a research project for a national charity on volunteer incentives, in other words, encouraging volunteers to contribute for the longer-term and […]
Running a successful #BioBlitz: selecting a great site, leveraging off partnerships, engaging the public, effective #scicomm … and great weather!
In May last year, I ‘won’ a BioBlitz at the Crazy & Ambitious Biological Heritage Challenge conference – all it took was a blurry selfie in front of a BioBlitz […]
#Citizenscience working group meeting: community-based ecological #monitoring in Auckland
For the final Auckland working group meeting, my NZ Landcare Trust colleague (Alastair Cole) and I teamed up with Auckland Council (AC) to trial a draft version of the Biodiversity […]
Dunedin Citizen Science Working Group #1: Shaping #citsci Down South via Dynamic Discussion
For this working group meeting (Oct 29), Alastair Cole (NZ Landcare Trust), and I met with our Dunedin-based colleague, Craig Simpson. The inaugural Dunedin working group for the ‘Citizen Science […]
PhD progress: The final Research Snapshot (#6)
The final draft of my PhD was handed in a fortnight or so ago, between attending the NZ Ecological Society Conference in Christchurch and the Science Communicators of NZ conference […]
reflections on the citizen science workshop at #NZES2015
This blog is a summary of a very dynamic workshop that took place at the end of the NZ Ecological Society Conference last week in Christchurch. Amazingly, around 30 scientists, […]
Lake Koromatua: One of 1000 community restoration projects
I always find it interesting to ask volunteers how many hours they estimate they’ve put into their restoration projects. Hamilton Fish & Game Assn. members, Keith, John and Murray, average […]
8 Priorities for developing long-term volunteer monitoring programmes
With an abundance of well-established programmes across North America, Canada and Europe to reflect on, what science and people-related priorities can be brought together to guide the development of new, […]
#CitSci2015: An overview of the inaugural #CitizenScience Association conference
Citizen Science 2015 marked the inaugural meeting of the Citizen Science Association from Feb 11- 12 in San Jose, California. Over 600 participants from 25 different countries converged to discuss […]
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