Get involved in citizen science
Collaborative endeavors between scientists and civil society stakeholders have developed significantly in recent years. This growth is driven by public interest in the scientific approach and culture, as well as by the need to find solutions to complex issues (economic, social, health, environmental, cultural, educational and ethical). Digital technology has helped foster the development of this type of collaboration, drawing on both artificial and collective intelligence.
Citizen science relies on cooperation and public participation to produce knowledge in a manner that approaches the scientific, ethical, legal and technology issues of research from a broader perspective.
Finding answers together has thus become the great collective intelligence challenge of the 21st century.
Les Herbonautes : le 7e appel à projet est lancé !Les Herbonautes propose à une communauté d’internautes d’enrichir les données descriptives des spécimens des collections naturalistes, des herbiers principalement, contribuant ainsi à l’étude et à la connaissance de la biodiversité. Les Herbonautes sont un programme de sciences participatives piloté ...
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Biodiversity
Sauvages de ma rue (Wilderness on my street) is a citizens’ observatory from Vigie-Nature that lets urban dwellers learn to identify the wild plants that grow on the streets in their neighborhoods. The data are used for urban ecology research.
Participants carry out inventories of wild plants that grow on city streets. They note the presence of plant species from among 240 plants listed in the protocol and indicate whether they are growing at the base of a tree, on sidewalks, in the grass, etc.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Heritage - culture - society
Let's all be historians ! Survey on the history of Charleville
To track the journeys of individuals who lived in Charleville in the 19th century but who were born in or who emigrated to another city in the Ardennes region in order to better understand people’s life paths and movements.
Recreation of individuals’ life paths from civil records (christenings, deaths and marriages) and censuses.
Project created
French regions
Type of project : Online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Heritage - culture - society
This research program aims to present the heritage of the Fondjomekwet chieftaincy. It also studies the mechanisms underlying the heritage selection process and local representations associated with the museum and visitors.
A participatory inventory is being carried out with representatives of the Fondjomekwet chieftaincy about what the communities consider to be their heritage. Work still needs to be done on the cultural practices promoted by the diaspora.
Project created
Internationally
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biology
Centre de Recherches sur la Biologie des Populations d'Oiseaux
Suivre les oiseaux en les marquant pour connaître leur devenir, leurs déplacements, leurs migrations. Les données recueillies permettent de documenter la biologie des populations d'oiseaux sauvages en France.
Pour tout le monde : signaler au CRBPO tout oiseau sauvage porteur de marques. Pour les ornithologues avancés : se former aux méthodes de capture, marquage et mesure des oiseaux afin d'obtenir un 'permis de baguage' d'oiseaux.
Project created
All over France
Type of project : Field
Level of involvement : Case by case
Astronomy - geology
Vigie-Terre is a citizen science project under development at the French National Museum of Natural History that objectives to allow volunteers to report and describe fresh, visible outcrops.
An online reporting protocol has been developed to locate and describe a fresh outcrop and allow geologists scattered throughout the territory to assess the geological interest of the site.
Project created
All over France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Heritage - culture - society
Cultural Policies, Local Heritage and Collaborative Approaches in Eastern Insulindia
To renew heritage conservation policies in conjunction with local populations: To identify them, understand their concept of ownership and ensure they are recognized and valued by public authorities.
- Collect information on local heritage - Integrate the data into a geographic information system (GIS) - Organize data into a hard copy and online encyclopedia - Organize appropriate mediations and conservation uses for the local areas
Project created
Internationally
Type of project : Field
Biodiversity
L'herbier numérique collaboratif citoyen
Contribuer à la création d'une base de données scientifique à partir des millions de photos des plantes de l'herbier de Paris et du réseau national des collections naturalistes françaises (Récolnat).
A partir d'une plateforme en ligne, l'enjeu principal est d'identifier et transcrire les informations repérées sur les images des herbiers numériques. Les contributeurs, appelés herbonautes rassemble une communauté depuis 10 ans des professionnels ou non, des amateurs de botanique, géographie, etc.
Project created
All over France
Type of project : Online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
Better understand biodiversity in agricultural environments, how it evolves and its links
Develop tracking indicators to monitor biodiversity status in agricultural environments and raise awareness among agricultural professionals about practices to support biodiversity
The OAB offers agricultural professionals four standardized protocols they can use to observe wild fauna on their land. The collected data are analyzed at the MNHN.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
Assess the spatial and temporal variations in the abundance of common bat populations.
Standardized counts of common bats
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field
Level of involvement : Case by case