# A Scientific Approach

* Certified ecologists, local elders & proven expertise have a higher weight
* On-ground human verification weighs higher than remote sensing data
* Blind peer review and well-designed "expertise engines" that seek to eliminate bias will weigh higher than open social networks
* Transparent, public data that is "cheat-proofed" weighs higher than self-reported data that has no verifiability
* Staying abreast with the latest global research, standards and frameworks
* Unique forms of data that demonstrate a relationship to place and an understanding of our unique role in a particular habitat (e.g. cultural knowledge, rituals, history, temporal information).