Citizen science and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Steffen Fritz*, Linda See, Tyler Carlson, Mordechai (Muki) Haklay, Jessie L. Oliver, Dilek Fraisl, Rosy Mondardini, Martin Brocklehurst, Lea A. Shanley, Sven Schade, Uta Wehn, Tommaso Abrate, Janet Anstee, Stephan Arnold, Matthew Billot, Jillian Campbell, Jessica Espey, Margaret Gold, Gerid Hager, Shan HeLibby Hepburn, Angel Hsu, Deborah Long, Joan Masó, Ian McCallum, Maina Muniafu, Inian Moorthy, Michael Obersteiner, Alison J. Parker, Maike Weissplug, Sarah West

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Abstract

Traditional data sources are not sufficient for measuring the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. New and non-traditional sources of data are required. Citizen science is an emerging example of a non-traditional data source that is already making a contribution. In this Perspective, we present a roadmap that outlines how citizen science can be integrated into the formal Sustainable Development Goals reporting mechanisms. Success will require leadership from the United Nations, innovation from National Statistical Offices and focus from the citizen-science community to identify the indicators for which citizen science can make a real contribution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)922-930
Number of pages9
JournalNature Sustainability
Volume2
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Oct 2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Partial funding was provided by the EU’s Framework 7 European Research Council project CrowdLand (No. 617754) and the EU Horizon 2020 project WeObserve (No. 776740).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Nature Limited.

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