Overcoming challenges for engagement with biodiversity monitoring
Tom Breeze
Although engaging with biodiversity monitoring has never been easier, there are still serious technical and cultural challenges that limit participation in many countries. In this workshop, we invite students to bring their own cultural and personal experiences to discuss some of these challenges and what we as researchers should be doing to engage people with biodiversity research and monitoring technologies and identify opportunities for co-development and learning.
Using long-term monitoring data to research biodiversity responses to environmental change
Laura Bosco
Across many European countries, long-term species monitoring programs—especially for birds—have been running for decades. These programs collect valuable data on species counts, distributions, morphology, phenology, and demography. In this workshop, we will discuss why such long-term datasets are essential for biodiversity research and how they help address key questions about ongoing global change.