Thank you so much for that question.
What citizen science can do and what advantages it provides include, as Mehrdad was mentioning, multidisciplinary partnerships. Those are key to everyone serving and operating out of their strengths, whether it be the citizens or the communities in their local or indigenous knowledge, and then the researchers in data analysis, interpretation and large-scale projects.
Multidisciplinary projects are very important. They provide huge cost savings. Instead of the government having to travel to remote sites to provide reference sites, we've been working with communities to provide that information right in their backyards. They also provide, again, remote data, which other speakers have spoken to. This is really important for water data.
Scientific literacy builds trust in the institutions, because there are opportunities for communication and understanding.