NDLI: “Blue Paths” and SEACleaner: Ensuring long-term commitment of citizens in environmental monitoring and scientific research

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Author	Mioni, E. Merlino, S. Locritani, M. Strada, S. Giovacchini, A. Stroobant, M. Traverso, R.
Copyright Year	2015
Description	Author affiliation: Parco Naturale Regionale di Portovenere, La Spezia, Italy (Strada, S.) \|\| Dipt. di Biol., Univ. di Pisa, Pisa, Italy (Giovacchini, A.) \|\| Ist. Naz. di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy (Locritani, M.) \|\| Distretto Ligure delle Tecnol. Marine, La Spezia, Italy (Stroobant, M.) \|\| Ist. Comprensivi nel Comune di La Spezia, La Spezia, Italy (Mioni, E.; Traverso, R.) \|\| Ist. di Sci. Marine, ISMAR Consiglio Naz. delle Ric., La Spezia, Italy (Merlino, S.)
Abstract	“Percorsi nel BLU”/“Blue Paths” is a project - carried out by a Science teacher of a Unified School District in La Spezia - aimed for teaching scientific methods trough interactive learning and operational research on marine habitats. SEACleaner, instead, is a project carried out by a National Research Centre - Institute of Marine Sciences ISMAR-CNR - aimed for monitoring the impact of marine debris and for raising awareness on the importance of appropriate management strategies for solving this problem; this project involves higher secondary school students trough “work-related learning” internships. “Percorsi nel BLU”/“Blue Paths” and SEACleaner are actually cooperating and sharing some goals, methodologies and sampling sites of the coastal Tuscan and Ligurian Protected Areas. The cooperation is giving interesting and important educational outcomes and scientific results such as: updated checklists of benthic communities, high frequency of surveys that can allow to identify significant seasonal patterns (especially for beach litter accumulation rates) but also synergy among very different partners (marine parks, researchers, local authorities, citizens, environmental education centres, teachers and students) that represents an effective push-pull impulse for maintaining a long lasting engagement of citizens in scientific research.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	9
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e-ISBN	9781479987368
DOI	10.1109/OCEANS-Genova.2015.7271666
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2015-05-18
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Monitoring Education Sea measurements Organisms Protocols Biomedical monitoring biodiversity Knowledge based society STEM disciplines citizen science beach litter
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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