Mapping of various Citizen Science initiatives (co-) established by RPFOs worldwide

The table presents an indicative list of 50 Citizen Science initiatives that have been (co)-established by RPFOs across the globe. It is a non-exhaustive list of initiatives that have been retrieved through web search and online available databases and platforms. The table summarizes information regarding: Continent where the initiative is located; Main research fields in which citizen science is performed; Type of initiative (i.e. lab, hub, center, program, project, network); Level of Citizen Science (i.e. level 1: crowdsourcing – citizens as sensors, level 2: distributed intelligence – citizens as basic interpreters, level 3: participatory science – participation in problem definition and data collection, level 4: extreme – collaborative science, problem definition, data collection and analysis); Funding source; the SDGs addressed.