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11 - Inside monitoring: a comparison of bird monitoring groups in Slovenia and the United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2010

By
Sandra Bell ,
Mariella Marzano  and
Dan Podjed
Edited by
Anna Lawrence
Anna Lawrence
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
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Summary

Throughout the member states of the European Union a large number of volunteers work alone on biodiversity monitoring across a range of species and habitats. They send their records to electronic databases via nature-based websites and sometimes talk to one another via discussion boards. One recently established example is the UK phenology network (http://www.phenology.org.uk). However, most volunteer monitoring programmes are embedded in the many and varied nature-based organizations in Europe, in particular those associations dedicated to members' interest in specific taxonomic groups of flora and fauna.

Our chapter explores the contribution these organizations make to monitoring biodiversity by focusing on two case studies of highly productive ornithological associations – the regional Northumberland and Tyneside Bird Club (NTBC) operating at the county level in the north-east of England and the Birdwatching and Bird Study Association of Slovenia (Društvo za opazovanje in proučevanje ptic – DOPPS), a national organization.

The two organizations show similarities and differences. DOPPS is a relatively young organization, with strong links to the global environmental NGO, BirdLife International, which unites over 2 500 000 members of different bird organizations worldwide, with more than 4000 staff working on conservation projects (BirdLife, 2007). DOPPS has carved out an influential position in the field of environmental governance within the small, newly emerged nation state of Slovenia. NTBC is an older, county level (i.e. sub-national) organization.

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Taking Stock of Nature
Participatory Biodiversity Assessment for Policy, Planning and Practice
 , pp. 232 - 250
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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