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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

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Most participants come to the programme with little-to-no bird identification experience and live within 20 km of their data collection beach.” Ben and Julia used two social science research methods to gather data. For this project, we focused specifically on the COASST beached bird module,” says Julia. Ben explains more.

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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For example, marginalised populations are less likely to have access to nature but are more likely to be exposed to hazardous waste Fracking — a process to extract gas from subsurface rocks Geographic information system (GIS) — software that enables data to be displayed visually in map form.