Article: Social inequities and citizen science can skew our view of the natural world

[jasonhernandez74]

@agileantechinus

I live in Australia, all the funding for conservation goes to cities and towns, places where the voters live. Also there is a lot more funding in affluent, well educated areas.

@heinahukka1

In the Western world, one is able to afford a phone and/or a camera that costs several salaries’ worth in developing countries. The same applies on a city scale, though to a lesser extent.

There have been threads on these Forums related to this aspect. One that was fairly recent was Filling in rural areas. It was trying to encourage those city and town dwellers who have the phones and cameras to take more of an interest in the less densely populated areas.