Can the Public Contribute to Plastic Pollution Policy-Making through Community Science? A Vision for Participatory Legislation

Community scientists contribute substantially to our understanding of the global plastic pollution crisis. In this lecture I will reflect on how the evidence can be made relevant for policy-making. I will discuss the quality of data collected by volunteers and present a vision for meaningful involvement of community scientists in legislation.

Dr. Tim Kiessling, a marine biologist with the School Lab, Kiel University, Germany, is a visiting post-doc at Dalhousie University. His work focuses on involving children and teachers in research with citizen and community science approaches.

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Lectures, Seminars

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Room 3089
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Avenue
Halifax