more4nature aim
more4nature aims to bring about transformative change in environmental protection by including citizens and communities as key actors in collaborative environmental compliance assurance.
Thematic areas
The more4nature activities are focused on three key thematic areas in environmental protection:
- Zero Pollution
Clean rivers, lakes, oceans, soils and skies are the basic building blocks of healthy ecosystems and communities. In this theme, more4nature explores how citizen science can monitor, promote and enforce current policies to prevent air, water and plastic pollution.
- Biodiversity protection
Thriving wildlife and resilient ecosystems sustain the diversity of life on our planet. In this theme, more4nature explores how citizen science can help by promoting compliance with policies that protect species and ecosystem diversity and monitoring policy effectiveness.
- Deforestation prevention
Deforestation and forest degradation aggravates climate change and the loss of biodiversity. The main driver of deforestation is the expansion of agricultural land, and the EU is responsible for about 20% of deforestation and forest degradation worldwide mainly through imports of agricultural products. In this theme, more4nature explores how citizen generated data can best support deforestation-free imports and the implementation of complementary international agreements by ensuring uptake of relevant citizen generated data in compliance assurance.
Our mission and strategy
We aim to redefine conservation by placing the power of change into the hands of every citizen and we are achieving it by three main paths:
Unlocking the potential of citizen science.
Citizen science is an untapped asset for authorities and governance. We are working to ensure that it informs essential and urgent decisions.
Bridging data and policy gaps
We want to ensure that valuable data directly informs essential and urgent decisions at all levels of government, from local to international.
Developing data visualization tools
Our purpose is developing tools to validate data from citizens, contributing to its incorporation into environmental governance authorities.