The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is originally organised by the California Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. It is a citizen science project primarily designed to document urban biodiversity and engage city residents with the nature surrounding them (also known as a bioblitz). The project is conceived as a global collaborative effort to discern who can make the most observations, identify the most species, or have the most participants. The project began in 2016 and has now expanded to over 400 regions worldwide.
The goals of the CNC are to:
- Connect urban residents with their local nature.
- Connect people with each other: building both in-person and online community around local nature.
- Collect data on urban biodiversity for use in science, management, and conservation.
- Develop volunteer biodiversity documentation globally.
- Have fun in the context of friendly competition!
The National Museum of Natural History of Luxembourg is the national coordinator of this event, and IMS is once again joining this initiative, inviting all members to participate in this bioblitz.
To capture your observations, you will use the iNaturalist application on your smartphone. You can download it before the event and create your personal account.
To download the application from Google Play Store
To download the application from the Apple App Store
IMPORTANT: Before the event: Create an iNaturalist account; and Try the application, if you can. You can find some tutorials here.
When? Monday 28 April from 4pm to 5.30 pm
Where? To be confirmed
For? All employees whose organisations is a member of IMS
If you have any questions about this event, please contact laetitia.mitchell@imslux.lu
In collaboration with le Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle and iNaturalist
Photos will likely be taken at the event intended to be published by IMS Luxembourg in written or digital media. Please inform the host at the beginning of the event if you do not wish to be in the photos.
At the end of the event you will receive a certificate of attendance which you can provide to your HR department.
A nice wall in nature with the IMS team members and a great contribution to biodiversity monitoring in Luxembourg. Biodiversity experts will guide us all for this walk.