Biodiversity Data Mobilization Course

Environmental impact assessment studies are done by experts in order to assess the biodiversity and biotopes of a given area, before, during and after it is affected by human activities (road works, wind turbines, mining, building construction, etc.).

Bird-tracking data are recorded using specific devices, such as GPS trackers mounted on live birds, thus allowing scientists to track their migratory routes or breeding sites.

Data acquired in the context of protected areas management (such as national parks but also smaller nature reserves) can be diverse and have different origins: botanical surveys, tagged animals tracking, observations from rangers and guards, and even ‘citizen science’ data or data inferred from pictures shared on social medias.

Citizen science data are often collected through thematic fieldwork days known as a “bioblitz.” Volunteers typically gather in a given area and spend the day trying to observe and identify as many species as they can in this area.

Data from each participant are captured and merged into the citizen science programme’s data capture or data management tool.