By: Aline Rosset, KMEECS, Kyrgyzstan Summary: – The Kyrgyz Mountains Environmental Education and Citizen Science (KMEECS) project operates at the grassroots level in remote mountain communities of Central Asia. The goal is to collect local level-data on water resources, while fostering applied environmental education. – Through encouraging local teachers and students to participate in shaping […]

By: Hugo Ferpozzi of CONICET/Fundación Azara   What happens when international research consortia undertake scientific problems connected to social issues in Latin America? What are the actual impacts of global open science collaborations and who benefits from them? We have taken on these two broad questions aiming to assess the potential risks and benefits of […]