CaSTCo is demonstrating how citizen science can be integrated with other types of monitoring to build a weight of evidence that can be used to inform decision making about catchments at both the local and national level. We aim to show how working collaboratively with others with common goals at catchment scale can deliver lower cost approaches to generate good quality information capable of driving the best outcomes for the environment and communities. Ultimately, CaSTCo will deliver recommendations for how this can be achieved, but transformational change in the sector will require support from government and the regulators.

To make sure CaSTCo and its framework are relevant and useful for decision-makers we have regulatory bodies and government agencies on our advisory board and regularly seek alignment with other national initiatives focussing on related topics.