A guide to citizen science has recently been published in the UK, as it is acknowledged that it is increasingly being used to collect data on invasive alien species.
This publication is based on conclusions from a comprehensive report reviewing more than 200 citizen science projects from the UK and around the world.
In this guide, the term citizen science is defined as: ‘volunteer collection of biodiversity and environmental information which contributes to expanding our knowledge of the natural environment, including biological monitoring and the collection or interpretation of environmental observations’.
Source: Tweddle JC, Robinson LD, Pocock MJO & Roy HE (2012) Guide to citizen science: developing, implementing and evaluating citizen science to study biodiversity and the environment in the UK. Natural History Museum and NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology forUK-EOF. 29 p.
http://www.ukeof.org.uk/documents/guide-to-citizen-science.pdf