Naturalist and Bioblitz projects

Naturalist: Citizen science about biodiversity

Date

2018- on going

Financing

Location

Mexico

Document the biodiversity of sites of interest, to develop baseline inventories that allow making informed decisions about natural resources, environmental policies, and wildlife.
Promote the dissemination of a tool with enormous potential for biological conservation: “iNaturalist or Naturalista” among specialists, students, and the general public.
Create naturalistic projects that trigger academic, government, and citizen participation, in terms of recognition of the biodiversity associated with the natural, rural, urban, industrial environment, etc

Service

• Marine & Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment

• Environmental education programs

Products

Biological evaluations of different taxa in different sites of interest in Mexico; through 9 naturalistic projects, the impact of which on increasing knowledge of biodiversity is reflected in the following numerals (May 2020):
•342 observers
•6,794 observations
•1,534 species
•971 identifiers
•11,739 identifications