ENHANCE has released a new factsheet highlighting the role of citizen science in supporting coastal monitoring and environmental decision-making.
By enabling citizens to share observations of marine species and coastal ecosystems, citizen science helps complement satellite and scientific data. Within ENHANCE, these contributions are collected through the MINKA platform and combined with Copernicus Marine Service data via the project’s Data Exchange Platform and One Health Toolkit.
The factsheet also presents how citizen science activities are implemented in the Barcelona Urban Beaches and Ebro Delta case study, where divers, coastal users, schools and local organisations contribute biodiversity observations that support research and coastal management.
More broadly, the factsheet highlights how citizen participation in science contributes to the objectives of the European Green Deal, strengthening environmental monitoring and promoting more inclusive approaches to coastal governance.
📄 Read the factsheet to learn more about the role of citizen science in ENHANCE