Identifying on iNaturalist: How you can help! | Identifying on iNaturalist, Part 1
At its core, iNaturalist is about people helping each other identify and learn about the organisms they observe, but did you know only about 10% of the iNaturalist community identifies observations for others?
Join iNaturalist for a webinar to learn more about how you can help others, even if you're not an expert. Rather than doomscroll on social media, you can positively contribute to improving our knowledge about biodiversity!
Check out the full series: • Identifying on iNaturalist
What You'll Learn:
How you can contribute even if you’re not an expert
How Identifications work on iNaturalist
How to use the website’s Identify page to help others
This is part one of a series about identifying observations on iNaturalist and is designed for those unfamiliar with identifying on iNaturalist. However, even an experienced identifier may learn something new! And it will get you prepared for December’s ID-a-thon!
Join us in shaping the future of biodiversity data!
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If you want to learn more about the impact of iNaturalist, check out this TED talk!
https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_loari...
You can explore the 6000+ publications via one of our data partners, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility: https://www.gbif.org/resource/search?...
How Identifications Work - Deep Dive: https://help.inaturalist.org/support/...
More details about the Observation Taxon and Community Taxon: https://help.inaturalist.org/support/...
Identify page filtered to “Unknowns”: https://www.inaturalist.org/observati...
When to agree with an identification: https://help.inaturalist.org/support/...
More about the butterfly discovery: https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/9513...
FAQ page for high-level identifications: https://help.inaturalist.org/en/suppo...