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Recommendation 79
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Citizen science should not be seen as an alternative to adequately funded environmental monitoring by...
Recommendation
Citizen science should not be seen as an alternative to adequately funded environmental monitoring by regulators but it should be encouraged and recognised. We recommend that the Environment Agency explore how best to support the contribution of citizen science to environmental regulation and to incorporate citizen science analysis in its work wherever possible and appropriate. The Environment 130 Water quality in rivers Agency should, for instance, consider how best to provide a publicly-available platform for citizen scientists to enter water quality readings in a way that would allow results to be verified by other users, regulators or companies.
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Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 16 May 2022. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗