Citizen science tools have been designed as part of the PANACHE project.
Seasearch is a British project for volunteer sports divers who have an interest in what they are seeing under water, want to learn more and want to help protect the marine environment. It is locally developed by Wildlife Trusts :
Wildlife Trusts: "This is our recording and surveying project in which volunteers identify and record the habitats and wildlife that exist along our coastline. Anyone can get involved. You'll gain marine biological knowledge and a better understanding of the species and habitats found on our shore, as well as contribute to records which help build up a picture of our coasts."
An action within the program BioLit (a French national participative science program on coastline biodiversity) led by the Planète Mer association, in the frame of a partnership with the Agence des aires marines protégées on the PANACHE project.
A "new arrival" corresponds here to an animal or plant species which is recorded outside its distribution area, due to a natural reason or due to human activities. These species are referred to as "NNS" for "non-native species" by scientists. They are interesting to spot on the coast, and to report to scientists and public authorities because their progression rate and new area(s) of occurrence provide really important information to help to control and manage them! Make your observations, all year long and everywhere along your coasts, walking, shipping or by scuba diving.
Beach cleaning with discovery of the environment and its issues, and analysis of waste to understand how it interferes with this environment.:
Dunkerque Port : http://www.dunkerque-port.fr/fr/presse/actualites/2013-09-02-nettoyage-de-la-plage-de-la-digue-du-braek-de-dunkerque-fr-29920.html
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Keith Hiscock |
Amy Marsden/HIWWT |
