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Stopping and reversing the degradation of natural ecosystems requires changing the existing relationship between humanity and nature. Of all terrestrial ecosystems, those facing the greatest environmental degradation and pressure due to the impacts of human activities are inland aquatic ecosystems. These ecosystems (for example, rivers, wetlands, coastal zones, peatlands) provide humanity with many ecosystem services and it has been shown that in those areas where the environmental quality of these ecosystems is higher, the health of the human population that lives and/or depends on them is also higher. The first necessary step to establish this pact with nature begins from the knowledge of the state of the ecosystems. In this sense, the study of the health of the rivers can turn out to be a valuable indicator of the health of the adjacent ecosystems. On the other hand, in addition to the physicochemical analysis of transported water, there are other biological indicators that reveal precise information on the quality of water and ecosystems. From the university level there are various initiatives that aim to address the achievement of this Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15, “Life on land”, through activism, involving students in projects and environmental educational programs, which aim to provide training in sustainability to the participating people and, at the same time, generate social impact in the environment. This chapter provides a synthesis of how the knowledge and care of these ecosystems have been addressed from a university context considering the approach of working with citizens, that is, citizen science. Here, we analyzed some of these initiatives developed by the University in the form of citizen science projects that record observations of biodiversity, waste and fluvial barriers, in addition to analyzing the ecological state of the river through knowledge of its hydrological, hydromorphological and biological. These initiatives can be extrapolated to any university environment. In addition, a case study of implementation in the Faculty of Education is shown and analyzed.

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Addressing SDG 15 from the University Classroom: A Vision from Citizen Science

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    2026年

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  • Patricia de la Fuente Gamero,
  • Antonio Canepa-Oneto,
  • María Diez-Ojeda,
  • Miguel Ángel Queiruga-Dios

摘要

Stopping and reversing the degradation of natural ecosystems requires changing the existing relationship between humanity and nature. Of all terrestrial ecosystems, those facing the greatest environmental degradation and pressure due to the impacts of human activities are inland aquatic ecosystems. These ecosystems (for example, rivers, wetlands, coastal zones, peatlands) provide humanity with many ecosystem services and it has been shown that in those areas where the environmental quality of these ecosystems is higher, the health of the human population that lives and/or depends on them is also higher. The first necessary step to establish this pact with nature begins from the knowledge of the state of the ecosystems. In this sense, the study of the health of the rivers can turn out to be a valuable indicator of the health of the adjacent ecosystems. On the other hand, in addition to the physicochemical analysis of transported water, there are other biological indicators that reveal precise information on the quality of water and ecosystems. From the university level there are various initiatives that aim to address the achievement of this Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15, “Life on land”, through activism, involving students in projects and environmental educational programs, which aim to provide training in sustainability to the participating people and, at the same time, generate social impact in the environment. This chapter provides a synthesis of how the knowledge and care of these ecosystems have been addressed from a university context considering the approach of working with citizens, that is, citizen science. Here, we analyzed some of these initiatives developed by the University in the form of citizen science projects that record observations of biodiversity, waste and fluvial barriers, in addition to analyzing the ecological state of the river through knowledge of its hydrological, hydromorphological and biological. These initiatives can be extrapolated to any university environment. In addition, a case study of implementation in the Faculty of Education is shown and analyzed.