| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 自然資源與環境學系 === 106 === The Taiwan Breeding Bird Survey (BBS Taiwan) is a large-scale citizen science project that aims to establish an immediate bird population monitoring indicator to understand the annual bird population changes and serve as an important basis for assessing biodiversity indicators. Since the formal investigation in 2009, in addition to the scientific results of the basic data of birds, it has been expected to analyze the current situation of volunteer participation in the survey as the basis for the sustainable development of the plan. Therefore, this study collected the quantitative data by a questionnaire designed by the Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute in 2014 to understand the volunteers. The questionnaire was divided into four parts, namely the background of the volunteers, the changes in the current situation of environmental literacy before and after volunteering, the maintenance and the factors that influenced the recruitment of the volunteers, and the utilization of resources for volunteer development. In addition to the quantitative data, qualitative research was conducted on volunteers in June 2018. The study found that the background of the BBS Taiwan volunteers is diverse, but most of the volunteers are interested in bird observation and experienced in bird watching. They gain the bird-related knowledge from the Wild Bird Societys and related books,and turn the knowledge into the record for investigation. There are only two investigations a year, and it does not take up too much private time for volunteers. Most of the volunteers recruited from the the Wild Bird Societys or other NGOs know about BBS Taiwan and are interested in the altruistic motives of nature and ecological conservation. As for the factors affecting the bird survey, the volunteers reported beingtoo busy with their original jobs, or the sample area of the survey is too far away from their residence. BBS Taiwan provides many services for volunteers. Most of the volunteers do not use the services because it is not convenient to apply for the services. Moreover. some suggest no need to use the services or they can get the same information from other sources. In terms of the resources on the Internet, the volunteers use them due to their personal background and preferences or time. The reasons why some volunteers don't use online resources are that they are busy or don't know about them. Employing the Environmental Literacy Framework proposed by the North American Institute of Environmental Education to evaluate the BBS volunteers, this study found that the volunteers have improved their ability to recognize birds after participating in the courses and surveys. They also have higher Environmental consciousness to care about nature and ecological conservation than the general people. In terms of citizen participation and action strategies, volunteers are most concerned about the reservation and conservation of the overall habitat environment, thereby taking action to improve the environment and also have a responsible capacity for environmental behavior. According to the analysis of the results, the following things can help with the future development of BBS Taiwan: attract and retain the senior volunteers who are willing to continue the investigation, and maintain the exchanges between the researcher and the civic scientists. If BBS Taiwan has network management capabilities, it can regularly update the website interface and information to enhance the volunteers’ interest in using online resources.
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