About the platform
Cívis is a citizen science platform developed by the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (IBICT) using open-source code, based on EU-Citizen.Science. Our goal is to provide infrastructure and content that help broaden the understanding of citizen science, promote its use, and support the development of initiatives and the application of methodologies in this field, with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean.
Citizen science is a branch of the open science movement. It focuses on promoting non-scientist contributions and engagement in knowledge, data, and information analysis and production that are relevant to science and issues of social, environmental, and territorial importance.
Events
2026 Conference for Advancing the Participatory Sciences
From 26 May until 29 May, 2026
Online
11th Living Knowledge Conference 2026
From 07 Jul until 10 Jul, 2026
Gdańsk, Poland
Projects
PenguinMap
You can be a penguin detective and contribute directly to MAPPPD Over the last several years, penguin biologists have been working hard to find all the penguin colonies in Antarctica …
Fauna atropellada en carreteras de Honduras
Identificar las especies de fauna más afectadas en las carreteras de Honduras. Documentar las carreteras con más mortalidad de fauna por atropellamiento en Honduras.
Fauna Atropellada en Carreteras de Guatemala
Las carreteras forman parte de la infraestructura vial presente en todo el mundo. Si bien, son necesarias para el transporte y distintas actividades económicas dependen de ella, en Guatemala existe …
Fauna Atropellada de El Salvador
El objetivo de este proyecto es recopilar información sobre fauna atropellada en calles y carreteras de El Salvador: que especies son las más afectadas, que sitios son problemáticos entre otras …
Resources
The future of citizen science for marine litter research: What …
Public engagement in marine litter research is increasing. Further advancing this approach requires a critical examination of the benefits of citizen science and the primary challenges that we must overcome. …
SpeciesNet
AI models trained by Google to classify species in images from motion-triggered widlife cameras. Effective wildlife monitoring relies heavily on motion-triggered wildlife cameras, or “camera traps”, which generate vast quantities …
FIT Count Brasil: monitoramento de visitantes florais por contagem
O FIT Count é um protocolo de ciência cidadã que tem como objetivo monitorar as visitas de polinizadores às flores (CARVELL et al., 2022). Ao realizar o monitoramento através do …
The impact of citizen science: 12 stories from across Europe
In this book, we tell 12 impact storiesfrom citizen scienceefforts implementedacross Europe. They serve as examples of how citizen science can create change with and for our society with the …
Training
eu-citizen.science Training Platform
Plataforma Moodle de cursos cadastrados na eu-citizen science.
CURSO: Borboletas, diversidade, conservação e ciência cidadã
A iniciativa é fruto de uma parceria entre aSPVS - SOCIEDADE DE PESQUISA EM VIDA SELVAGEM E EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL e a Casa do Biólogo (Comfauna).O curso está inteirmante disponível ao …
Cartografia social: espacializando os riscos socioambientais
Esta atividade de cartografia social possibilita a construção de mapas participativos pelas pessoas da comunidade, favorece o diálogo entre elas e incentiva a reflexão das potencialidades e das fragilidades do …
MINIAULA: O que é a ciência cidadã
Recurso áudio-visual na forma de mini-aula trata do entendimento sobre o que é ciência cidadã.
Platforms
HUMETAV - CC
Somos tu plataforma de confianza para la Ciencia Ciudadana. En nuestro sitio, transformamos tu curiosidad en acción. Te ayudamos a plantear, planificar y construir proyectos de investigación participativa, donde tú …
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EncicloVida
EncicloVida funcionagracias a la colaboración deinvestigadores mexicanosde una gran cantidad deinstituciones académicas y financieras, a través de suparticipación en cientos de proyectos de la CONABIOdesde 1992yreúne otros contenidos conectandose a: …
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Macaulay Library
The Macaulay Library is the world’s premier scientific archive of natural history audio, video, and photographs. Although the Macaulay Library’s history is rooted in birds, the collection includes amphibians, fishes, …
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xeno-canto
("Xeno-canto", "XC") is a website for sharing recordings of wildlife sounds from all across the world. It was started in 2005 byBob PlanquéandWillem-Pier Vellinga(see below for somehistory). Xeno-canto is maintained …