I’m trying to see if anyone has written about or done a study on the economic value of iNaturalist. The closest thing I’m aware of is this Theobald et al. 2015 paper ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320714004029 ), which doesn’t discuss iNaturalist specifically. I imagine you …

[image] bradleyallf: One way to do this would be to construct an equation for converting an average iNaturalist contribution to a quantity of minutes of volunteer service. And then use one of the many equations for converting an hour of volunteer service to an equivalent rate of hourly pay. Not …

What is the economic value of a single iNaturalist contribution?

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What is the monetary value of your volunteer work for iNat?

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What is the economic value of a single iNaturalist contribution?

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