Our workshops built expertise in designing robustprojects and skills needed to become effectivecitizen science managers.

In response, we launched CISCA - an innovativetraining programme for citizen science managers toenable them to transform citizen science data into

conservation and policy.

Training for impact

Citizen science is a practical way to connect peoplewith nature, to monitor biodiversity and to produceuseful data needed for conservation managementand policy.

Developing skills

Why Citizen Science?

There is a growing interest among conservationscientists to harness this huge potential that

citizen science offers.

To engage thecommunity to collect

meaningful data

To communicate results to inform policy and

practice

CITIZEN SCIENCE FOR CONSERVATION

To analyse andinterpret biodiversity

trends

CISCA

"The fishers of Cameroon were collecting

sea turtle eggs. But now

they protect threatened sea turtles"Cedrick Fogwan, Cameroon

"Rangers are now getting usefuldata on monkeys, birds, plants

and habitat degradation"Thuita Thenya, Kenya

"I analysed environmental trends that were

useful for policy-makers for biodiversityconservation and sustainable use of the

Karura urban forest"Mary Kageni, Kenya

A new network of citizenscience leaders

Influencing policy and practice

Cameroon

Sharingexperiences

acrossAfrica

Marine fauna

Conservation impact

Citizen science data is being used to set

up a national law for sharksAfrican Marine Mammal Conservation Organization

Uganda

Kenya

Citizen science projects are now working on a

NigeriaBenin

Liberia

TanzaniaDem. Rep.

Congo

Botswana

Plants & Insects

Terrestial animals

CISCA trained 26 African citizen

science leaders from 9 countries

diversity of species and ecosystems"Generating distribution maps of

threatened species"

"Projecting the spread of invasiveplants under changing climate"

"Studying migration of birds"

"Monitoring mushrooms, dragonflies,

seahorses..."

New ambassadors forconservation

CISCA

For more information visit our website

CITIZEN SCIENCE FOR CONSERVATION