The workshop objectives were to:

• Provide an opportunity for knowledge exchange and co-learning between practitioners, experts and resource managers on the value and benefits of place-based citizen science in understanding environmental change.


• Highlight best practices in collection of credible, relevant environmental data and information produced through citizen science.


• Assess needs for tools and methods to support collection of credible, relevant environmental data and information.

Workshop participants:

The workshop was for those wanting to further their knowledge of what citizen science is; how to develop, implement and evaluate citizen science initiatives; and how to enhance linkages between citizen collected data and decision making.