Citizen science isn't new anymore. For decades, keen amateur naturalists have been gathering data about nature and the environment around them—and sharing it.
Peron's tree-frog had 33.5% of its locations mainly contributed by citizen scientists.
As a reflection of community enthusiasm, birds make up nearly 50% of all species observation records in the Atlas of Living Australia, with the Australian magpie the most commonly recorded species.Next, we looked at several species with fewer than 1,000 records to find out whether citizen science contributes less data when species are less conspicuous.
Here, citizen science proved its worth, adding 63% of observations. Most data came from a few high profile projects, such as annual reef and fish surveys.For decades, citizen science has struggled to feed data into professional monitoring and conservation efforts. Citizen science has come a long way. The data created by keen amateurs is now of better quality, aided by new technologies and support from researchers.
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