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CB, FV, NR and SZ recruited citizen scientists and online survey participants. AR, CB, FV, MAP, NR, SZ and VN conducted three citizen science meetings, supervised breakout group discussions and collected data generated during the meetings. SZ managed the communication with the citizen scientists, designed and analysed an online evaluation for the first Citizen Science Board meeting, designed the online survey for evaluating the identified research questions, and collected, managed and analysed the data. SZ wrote the first draft of the manuscript.\u00a0MAP, NR\u00a0and VN\u00a0contributed to the editing of the manuscript, and all authors approved the final manuscript. MAP is the guarantor and accepts full responsibility for the work and the conduct of the study, had access to the data and controlled the decision to publish. 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