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Presentation from

2016 World Water

Week in Stockholm

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Steven Loiselle Senior Research Manager

Freshwater Scientist, Earthwatch Europe

Creating Knowledge, Inspiring Action.

Local priorities

Global approach

water samples collected

cities across the globe

citizen scientists trained

ecosystems monitored on continents

hours of research

Trainer

time

Volunteer

sampling

time

Return on ‘investment’ (for scientists, agencies, …)15000 CS datasets in 3 years

2013 20242014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Xu et al. (in review)

Guangdong (China) fertiliser reduction

Local priorities: Example 1

Vincent et al. (in review)

North American Great Lake litter management

Local priorities: Example 2

Cunha et al. (in review)

Brazilian Harmful Algal Blooms

Local priorities: Example 3

Guangzhou

Shanghai

Hong Kong

Shanghai 2000

(Ho et al. in review)

Shanghai 2010

Identifying and mitigating drivers to

ecosystem degradation in major urban

centres in China

Global approach: Example 1

Positive impacts of increased vegetation cover

Negative impacts of impermeable surface cover

Shanghai

Loiselle et al.

(PLOS One,

2016)

Thresholds of residential and urban pollution

sources on eutrophication in American cities

Sao Paulo, Curitiba

Vancouver

Mexico City Buenos Aires

Specificity

Sensi

tivit

yLocal pollution

sources

Catchment P

loading

Threshold

Global approach: Example 2

• Horizon2020 Citizen observatories

• Community water source monitoring

• Catchment partnerships

• Engaged corporate citizen scientists

• Come join us

Just the beginning…