citizen science – Roundtable https://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu An information-sharing forum for the NCEAS community. Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:40:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.5 The Day After: Bird Conservation in [Insert President-elect’s name]’s America! [Wed. Nov. 9th] https://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/2016/11/07/the-day-after-bird-conservation-in-insert-president-elects-names-america-wed-nov-9th/ https://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/2016/11/07/the-day-after-bird-conservation-in-insert-president-elects-names-america-wed-nov-9th/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:40:31 +0000 http://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/?p=946618 Continue reading →]]> Come take your mind off the aftermath of the 2016 election by talking about birds, citizen science, and habitat restoration instead. I will present on the work done by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO), which is a nonprofit that works on bird conservation science and educational outreach projects. Although we work on many projects, I will primarily discuss our work with the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, a new urban biodiversity project with Google, burrowing owls conservation, and our citizen science projects. SFBBO and many of its partners are always looking for collaborators and new projects so I look forward to any ideas for partnerships and gaps in knowledge.

 

I welcome discussion during roundtable and the following are some of my thoughts, although I welcome other ideas!
  • How to promote more linkages among academics and non-profits (i.e., applied ecology and conservation research!)
  • Working with citizen science derived data and how to get our data into the hands of more people
  • Ways to reach more diverse audiences with indoor and outdoor activities
  • Increasing corporate participation in urban ecology as well as the conservation value of urban greening and restoration

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Dr. Yiwei Wang
Executive Director
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory
http://sfbbo.org/

 

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