Event Title
Citizen Science, Research and Land Management in Karst
Session Type
Workshop session
Start Date
20-8-2020 10:00 AM
Description
Facilitator: Ben Tobin,
Cavers have long been integral to understanding and protecting cave resources around the world. This workshop brought together cavers, scientists, and managers to discuss the history of these interactions, ways each group has helped the other, challenges to improving our understanding of cave resources and management, and a path forward in continuing to build these relationships.
Recommended Citation
Tobin, Ben, "Citizen Science, Research and Land Management in Karst" (2020). Conservation of Fragile Karst Resources Proceedings. 5.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/con_karst_res_proc/con_karst_pro_2020/day_three/5
Citizen Science, Research and Land Management in Karst
Facilitator: Ben Tobin,
Cavers have long been integral to understanding and protecting cave resources around the world. This workshop brought together cavers, scientists, and managers to discuss the history of these interactions, ways each group has helped the other, challenges to improving our understanding of cave resources and management, and a path forward in continuing to build these relationships.
Comments
This presentation was part of the Workshops Session:
Thematic workshops facilitate collaboration between international resource protection programs and to inform karst conservation, sustainable development, and community involvement efforts in the world’s premier karst regions. Workshops are 1.5-hour blocks of time that were organized to achieve a specific outcome.