Imagine if thousands of local residents acted as a giant, free sensor network for the planet. Instead of relying only on expensive government equipment, this project helps people use their phones and tools to report pollution or deforestation. It then turns that crowd-sourced info into official data that authorities can actually trust and use for law enforcement.
Environmental agencies struggle to monitor pollution and deforestation due to data gaps and the high cost of official monitoring. Meanwhile, citizen-collected data is often ignored because it lacks the validation needed for legal enforcement.
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If you are an ESG reporting firm dealing with gaps in regional biodiversity data — this project developed tools to validate citizen-generated data that provide a more granular view of environmental compliance. This allows for more accurate risk assessments across 40 cases globally.
If you are a software provider dealing with the difficulty of integrating non-official data into government systems — this project developed a CGD services node for the Green Deal Data Space. This enables a seamless flow of validated community data into official monitoring dashboards.
If you are a monitoring company dealing with the high cost of physical sensor deployment in remote areas — this project developed a way to use 162 existing citizen science initiatives to fill data gaps. This reduces the need for expensive hardware by leveraging community reporting.
Based on available project data, no pricing or cost structures are mentioned as the project is funded by a HORIZON-RIA grant.
The project demonstrates scalability by engaging 162 initiatives and 98 authorities across 40 cases in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not listed, but the output is designed for the European Open Science Cloud and Green Deal Data Space.
It strengthens the capacity of citizens to provide valid data for compliance promotion, monitoring, and enforcement regarding zero pollution and deforestation.
Integration is achieved via a CGD services node that follows the blueprint generated by the Great project and connects to the Green Deal Data Space.
The consortium is heavily research-oriented with 12 research organizations and 1 university, but it maintains a practical edge with 3 industrial partners and 7 SMEs. With 21 partners across 11 countries, the group has a strong geographic reach, which is critical for the 40 global cases they are managing.
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