Citizen Science, Social Quality, and Environmental Protection
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This article investigates the rise of citizen science in the context of global efforts to protect the environment, explored via an online survey to determine the perspectives of citizen scientists regarding the effectiveness of various sectors in society in protecting the environment. Respondents saw nongovernmental organizations and universities as the most effective, and were less positive toward government, business, and religious organizations. A case study focusing on citizen science efforts to ensure the sustainability of plantation management on the New South Wales Mid North Coast demonstrates that judicious application can have a positive, albeit limited, impact on protecting the environment. These observations, because of the complexity and the governance aspects of the policy field at stake, are interpreted via the social quality perspective's “configuration of frameworks” and concept of the “Agora.”
Authors: Edward A. Morgan, Kate Macdonald, Rolf Schlagloth, Tim Cadman, Sikha Karki, Dee Wanis, Tek Maraseni, Sean Cadman
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7143381686
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