Many have argued that monitoring conducted exclusively by scientists is insufficient to address ongoing environmental challenges. One solution entails the use of mobile devices in broadly-applied participatory monitoring programs. But how digital data entry affects programs with varying levels of stakeholder participation, from volunteer data collectors to those entirely administered by non-scientists, remains unclear. A new study now published in Conservation Biology, led by

Review of Civil Society in Development (CISU). Commissioned by Danida, Nordeco took part in a review of CISU the major Danish umbrella organisation for civil society working with development. CISU supports collaboration between Danish and South civil society organisations and receives around DKK 175 million annually from Danida. The review looked at CISU globally and had field work in Tanzania and Kenya and concluded that generally good development results are being achieved