We present and exemplify the potential of the long-term community science (= citizen science) project StadtWildTiere (German for ‘urban wildlife’) in a transnational context. StadtWildTiere gathers opportunistic sightings of urban wildlife to raise awareness of, increase knowledge of, and promote biodiversity in urban areas across Central Europe. Transnationally similar methodologies enable direct comparisons concerning occurrence, distribution, and trends of urban wildlife populations and allow for new insights into and potential conservation and management measures of these otherwise unmonitored wildlife populations. We advocate the use and promotion for such community-based science projects, which align with the guiding principles of awareness, knowledge, and action. Such projects should whenever possible connect with similar initiatives in other countries to benefit from comparisons and get a strong impact on a transnational level.

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StadtWildTiere – 跨国城市野生动物社区科学项目的附加值和影响

我们展示并举例说明了长期社区科学（=公民科学）项目 StadtWildTiere（德语“城市野生动物”）在跨国背景下的潜力。 StadtWildTiere 收集城市野生动物的机会性目击事件，以提高人们对中欧城市地区生物多样性的认识、增加知识并促进生物多样性。跨国相似的方法可以对城市野生动物种群的发生、分布和趋势进行直接比较，并为这些不受监测的野生动物种群提供新的见解和潜在的保护和管理措施。我们提倡使用和推广此类基于社区的科学项目，这些项目符合意识、知识和行动的指导原则。此类项目应尽可能与其他国家的类似举措联系起来，以便从比较中受益，并在跨国层面产生重大影响。