@KorimakoEcology@ecoevo.social
Post #1276205
2022-12-11 03:37 UTC
@dhobern That's an interesting thought.
A few months ago I tweeted about how iNaturalist observations were being used by ecologists in lots of development consent applications now, which led to this story (they asked to interview me but I declined).
I'm not sure though how fake data would be helpful for bad actors in these examples though. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018857793/using-inaturalist-community-to-keep-an-eye-on-urban-sprawl
Replies (1)
-
@dhobern@scicomm.xyz 2022-12-11 04:37
@KorimakoEcology One obvious abuse would be to generate records that suggest that a rare and range-restricted species is actually rather widely distributed and therefore should not be considered a factor in planning decisions for what may in fact be its last remaining range. Or imagine a stream of plausible data that suggests old-growth logging is not reducing populations of protected species. These are not likely to be effective strategies for small local decisions, but at scale ...