Environmental Monitoring Toolkit
The Environmental Monitoring Toolkit provides practical guidance for implementing low-cost, sensor-based environmental monitoring. It helps reduce technological barriers by offering step-by-step support on selecting, setting up, and managing sensors, ensuring data quality, and making data usable for decision-making. Designed to be accessible to all, the toolkit empowers more inclusive and trustworthy citizen-generated data for environmental action.
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The Environmental Monitoring Toolkit will help you to
Plan for monitoring
Learn key considerations before starting, from drafting the objectives to set up the sensors.
Choose the right sensor
Understand the functionalities of various devices to select what best fits your needs.
Maintain data quality
Gain insights on managing and tracking data for reliability and accuracy.
Make data interoperable
Ensure your data is compatible and easily shared or integrated with other platforms.
Prepare your data for decision-making
Make your findings accessible to experts and non-experts for informing and supporting environmental protection actions.
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