Exploring the role of museums in engaging citizens to address the decline of wild pollinating insects
under the Science and Technology for Pollinating Insects project
The decline in numbers and diversity of wild pollinating insects has significant consequences for human societies and biodiversity in general due to the role of insects in plant reproduction. To successfully address this issue, the need for the involvement of all actors in the society, including citizens, has been recognised. Within the framework of the EU Pollinators Initiative, the Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy has been collaborating with Directorate-General for Environment under the Science and Technology for Pollinating Insects project to investigate innovative strategies to engage citizens around the issue of wild pollinating insects decline. This report introduces the work developed as part of this project in collaboration with experts and museums in two European countries. The collaborations included developing and testing tools and methods based on co-creation to examine their potential in addressing urban biodiversity issues. The role of digital tools (virtual reality) has also been tested with view to attracting new audiences and their role in participatory processes. Collaborations with museums were crucial as they allowed to explore the participatory potential of cultural institutions within this thematic domain. Overall, the strategies employed were successful in engaging participants in the topic, demonstrating that citizens are able to co-produce knowledge, deliberate and propose suggestions to act on pollinator conservation. However, there was a recognised need for greater focus on developing local institutional collaborations, careful and well-framed use of digital tools and having thematic experts present to provide specialised knowledge and guidance.
DIAS LEITE Sara;
TOKARSKI Mateusz;
MARTINHO GUIMARAES PIRES PEREIRA Angela;
VECCHIONE Elisa;
CORRAL Serafin;
HERRERA GONZALEZ Jezabel;
GARCÍA HERNÁNDEZ David;
ARIJA BARTOLOMÉ Lorea;
BENITO MATEO Carmen;
DE VERA HERNÁNDEZ Alejandro;
MARKEVIČIŪTĖ Kotryna;
2024-07-04
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC138338
978-92-68-18737-1 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31990 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-990-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC138338,
10.2760/64598 (online),
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