{"id":468,"date":"2024-12-05T17:54:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T15:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biomarato.org\/france\/how-to-take-part\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T12:48:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T10:48:00","slug":"how-to-take-part","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biomarato.org\/france\/en\/how-to-take-part\/","title":{"rendered":"How to take part"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;_initial&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#F5FFFE&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;6em||6em||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;3em||3em||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;2em||2em||true|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; module_class=&#8221;align-center  row-to-col-tablet fila_sangre&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; 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Legal bases for citizen participation in the BioMARat\u00f3 Catalunya (Spanish) (PDF) Participate is easy!1Wildlife photographyTake pictures of marine or coastal land organisms.2Share your photosSign up to the MINKA platform and upload the photos with your observations.3Learn and talkLearn to identify species with the help of the MINKA community.How to use the MINKA platform Through the website: https:\/\/minka-sdg.org\/ Download the application on Play Store or App Store Upload your geo-referenced photographs Add information about the species you have found Using the application Upload data to the platform Create projects on the platform Identify species Find information About the infrastructure Data citation guide Translate the platform Can you help us to identify species?If you are an expert in species identification, help us verify the fauna and flora observations that our community uploads to MINKA! 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