This is my presentation from the ISDE7 / WALIS / NRM Conference held in Perth. It focuses on my personal experiences with citizen science and the environment over the last couple of years.

1. GAIA RESOURCES Citizen Science and the Environment A source of quality spatial data? Piers Higgs Gaia Resources Presented at ISDE7 2011, 24th August, 2011

3. Four Examples

4. Lessons learned

5. Where to from here?

8. Over half said they thought the natural environment was decliningSource: ABS 2007-08 Environmental Views and Behaviour Survey http://tinyurl.com/3bqeydp

9. CITIZEN SCIENCE & THE ENVIRONMENT What can you do?

10. CITIZEN SCIENCE & THE ENVIRONMENT What about Citizen Science?

11. CITIZEN SCIENCE & THE ENVIRONMENT What is Citizen Science? People Connect Problem Solution!

12. EXAMPLES

13. EXAMPLES Safecast www.safecast.org

14. EXAMPLES Climatewatch www.climatewatch.org

15. EXAMPLES Biodiversity Snapshots www.biodiversitysnapshots.net.au

16. EXAMPLES Dieback Information Delivery & Management System

17. LESSONS LEARNED Risks and Opportunities Workforce Software Hardware Data Intellectual Property & Copyright

19. Use an experience system

20. Multiple long & short term aims

21. Reward effort

22. Rapid feedback

23. Uncertainty

24. Windows of enhanced attention

25. Other peoplehttp://tinyurl.com/28mvx7v

28. Can you even “own” a piece of data?

30. A way to alienate people?

31. A source of rubbish data?

32. A way to lose money?

33. A way to lose quite a bit of money?Yes!

35. A way to engage with people?

36. A source of free data?

37. A way to save money?

38. A way to get money?Yes!

39. WHERE TO FROM HERE? What’s the next technology…

40. WHERE TO FROM HERE? What’s going on in our industry… vs