I manage a Europe-wide project based on a small taxonomic group. This based on a traditional UK Recording Scheme but just widening the geographic scope.
Mine’s at https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/european-micropezids-tanypezids
They’re a great idea because one gets chatting with a range of overseas experts and contributors, even making some friends.
Are there other examples of similar fauna or flora projects. I could use a list
Thanks Lucy
That’s a huge list, due I guess to the ease with which its possible to set such projects up.
Now I’d like to narrow down that list to those that are actively managed by those with research interest. Focussing in perhaps on smaller specific groups such as a small coleoptera or lepidoptera group that was set up to help study. One example being https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/mozzie-monitors-uk-ireland
Not many features to go on whilst trawling through that big list, I guess if the project was set up by some professor of beetles or had a lot of members or had been established for a long time. I’ll keep looking
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I would identify genera of interest and location, then start poking about, looking to see who Identifiers were, then reading and checking profiles to see if they affiliate with any Projects.
So for coleoptera of Germany, for example:
The first Obs does not look super promising to me (but what do I know) but the second one has four (4!) IDs and 2 comments, so that is where I would start. I click there to land. Boop. I see at a glance that the Observation itself does not belong to any Projects but the conversation identifies an extremely knowledgeable Curator, and when I click his Profile, I can see the Projects he administers, some of which may be of interest.
Just keep poking around. Good luck!
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