Publications
Leveraging citizen science for monitoring urban forageable plants
Soares, Filipi Miranda; Pires, Luís Ferreira; Garcia, Maria Carolina; Bouzembrak, Yamine; Ghilardi-Lopes, Lidio Coradin Pirani; Natalia, ; Silva, Rubens Rangel; de Carvalho, Aline Martins; dos Santos Maculan, Benildes Coura Moreira; Koffler, Sheina; Montedo, Uiara Bandineli; Drucker, Debora Pignatari; Santiago, Raquel; Gavai, Anand; de Carvalho, Maria Clara Peres; da Silva Lima, Ana Carolina; Elias Gabriel, Hillary Dandara; de França, Stephanie Gabriele Mendonça; de Almeida, Karoline Reis; dos Santos, Bárbara Junqueira; Saraiva, Antonio Mauro
Summary
Urbanization brings forth social challenges in emerging countries such as Brazil, encompassing food scarcity, health deterioration, air pollution, and biodiversity loss. Despite this, urban areas like the city of São Paulo still boast ample green spaces, offering opportunities for nature appreciation and conservation, enhancing city resilience and livability. Citizen science is a collaborative endeavor between professional scientists and nonprofessional scientists in scientific research that may help to understand the dynamics of urban ecosystems. We believe citizen science has the potential to promote human and nature connection in urban areas and provide useful data on urban biodiversity.