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Citi
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blic
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abs
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Prof
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onal
isat
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nce
Citi
zen
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nce
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form
s &
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chan
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l bio
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sur
veilla
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volv
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tions
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r con
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tions
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val
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fo
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l sol
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f citi
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in m
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stat
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sing
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LUST
RAT
ED IN
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ah W
est a
nd R
ache
l Pat
eman
(201
7). H
ow c
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ci
tizen
sci
ence
sup
port
the
Sust
aina
ble
Dev
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men
t Goa
ls?
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ief.
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khol
m E
nviro
nmen
t Ins
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e.
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RC
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n sc
ienc
e: A
dev
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xpan
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kn
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Stages of the
scientific p
rocess th
at involve cit
izens in
differen
t type
s of citizen science projects
“Com
mun
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ased
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l m
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nova
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and
nove
l Ear
th
obse
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cosy
stem
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nviro
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Citi
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Obs
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ompo
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ON
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N
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ryTh
e R
ole
of In
divi
dual
s in
O
bser
ving
and
Und
erst
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ur
Cha
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quel
ine
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uffic
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lists
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repo
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eng
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tizen
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k ho
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The
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Nov
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r 201
8 /
http
s://w
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WeO
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m
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rven
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and
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2013
PAR
TIC
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ION
OF
CIT
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S ‘IN
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ata
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n ge
nera
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ta to
pa
rtici
pate
in e
nviro
nmen
tal m
anag
emen
t.”
2017
CIT
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tizen
s’ ow
n ob
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atio
ns a
nd
unde
rsta
ndin
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env
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nded
Citi
zen
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Filte
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t det
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pos
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are
proj
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info
rmat
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us
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.
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n, U
ta &
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arki
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bser
vato
ries:
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ture
s an
d fu
nctio
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