October 1st, 2012 - September 30th, 2015 | PROJECT
The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico is creating citizen science projects in five research areas (insect monitoring; coastal/river system management; bird communities; bat assemblages; and cultural resources) that allow 140 Hispanic residents of Puerto Rico (age 14 and older) to move along a continuum of research involvement from contributor to collaborator to co-creator. As citizen scientists engage in scientific research that measures the effects of urban development on the Manati River watershed in northern Puerto Rico, the project team is evaluating the degree to which participants show changes in science knowledge, skills, attitudes, communication, and behavior. The proposed project is accelerating the development of citizen science activities in Puerto Rico. New scientific knowledge generated by citizen scientists will have practical importance within and beyond the Manati watershed because Puerto Rico is undergoing rapid urban development, resulting in the loss of biodiversity and emergence of environmental problems such as lower water quality. Environmental data collected by citizen scientists will form an environmental database that permits long-term watershed monitoring and informs land use decision making.
Project Website(s)
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Project Products
Poster - Ain't no river wide enough, citizen scientists explore the Rio Grande de Manati
Formative Evaluation: Citizen Science Program
Citizen Science Project: Summative Evaluation
Team Members
Yogani Govendry, Principal Investigator, The Conservation Trust of Puerto RicoLee Rodriguez, Co-Principal Investigator, The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AISL
Award Number: 1223882
Funding Amount: 1637345
Tags
Access and Inclusion: Ethnic | Racial | Hispanic | Latinx Communities
Audience: General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals | Scientists
Discipline: Ecology | forestry | agriculture | Education and learning science | General STEM | Life science
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Citizen Science Programs | Public Programs