Citizen science and monitoring forest pests: a beneficial alliance?

M De Groot, MJO Pocock, J Bonte… - Current forestry …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review One of the major threats to tree health, and hence the
resilience of forests and their provision of ecosystem services, is new and emerging pests …

Variation in water contact behaviour and risk of Schistosoma mansoni (re)infection among Ugandan school-aged children in an area with persistent high endemicity

SCM Trienekens, CL Faust, F Besigye, L Pickering… - Parasites & vectors, 2022 - Springer
Background Annual mass drug administration with praziquantel has reduced
schistosomiasis transmission in some highly endemic areas, but areas with persistent high …

Citizens can help to map putative transmission sites for snail-borne diseases

J Tumusiime, N Valderrama Bhraunxs… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Schistosomiasis and fasciolosis are snail-borne diseases of great medical and
veterinary health importance. The World Health Organization recommends complementing …

Schistosomiasis control in Ethiopia: The role of snail mapping in endemic communities

A Meleko, S Li, DB Turgeman, M Bruck… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease (NTD), remains a public health
problem in Ethiopia. Freshwater snails, acting as intermediate hosts, release cercariae, the …

The Valuable Plurality of the Citizen Sciences

M Van Oudheusden, AB Suman… - Science & …, 2024 - sciencetechnologystudies.journal.fi
Citizen science is a multilayered concept. Although it is generally understood as a form of
public engagement with science and technology, it can take various forms, with widely …

The Potential of Deep Learning Object Detection in Citizen-Driven Snail Host Monitoring to Map Putative Disease Transmission Sites

KH Chan, J Tumusiime, T Huyse - 2024 - ir.must.ac.ug
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by parasitic flukes transmitted by
freshwater snails. Despite increasing efforts of mass drug administration, schistosomiasis …

[HTML][HTML] Obstacles to the Use of Citizen Data in Environmental Litigation before East African Courts

S Kahl - Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2023 - theoryandpractice …
Increasingly, citizen data are used as evidence before courts in the context of environmental
litigation. This trend is especially strong in Europe and in the United States, but is still poorly …

[图书][B] How Public Engagement Improves Lives: Principles, Typology and Evidence

JN Pretty - 2022 - essex.ac.uk
There is one central purpose for public engagement (PE) in universities, public and third-
sector organisations: it is to ensure research and education leads to improvements in …

[PDF][PDF] 6. Citizen Science for Planetary Health

A Waller - Planetary Health and Bioethics, 2023 - researchgate.net
Citizen science has increased during recent decades from participatory data collection, to
developing research questions and methodologies, analyzing results, reporting outcomes …

Empowering communities through citizen science and participatory action research: implementation of a schistosomiasis communication campaign in Uganda

MK Anyolitho, T Huyse, C Masquillier… - Humanities and Social …, 2024 - nature.com
Schistosomiasis is a water-related disease strongly linked with high-risk water and
sanitation practices perpetuating disease transmission. In Uganda, despite health education …