Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGG/UFRJ), Laboratory of Cartography (Geocart), Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 274, Cidade Universitária, 21941-916 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Virtual Institute for Sustainable Development - IVIDES.org, Estrada do Pontal, 6530, Bl. 1, Ap. 203, Recreio dos Bandeirantes, 22790-877 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
An Acad Bras Cienc. 2022 Jul 8;94(suppl 2):e20211262. doi: 10.1590/0001-3765202220211262. eCollection 2022.
Many maritime disasters lead to oil pollution, which undermines ecosystem balance, human health, the prosperity of countries and coastal areas across borders, and people's livelihoods. This is a problem that affects the whole world. Governments must strive to ensure that operations in the marine environment are safe and avoid oil pollution by adopting methods that anticipate future scenarios to mitigate the effects of this pollution when it occurs. This study investigates a method of managing contaminated coastal areas, aiming to contribute to the management of the environmental crisis caused by disasters through the use of online collaborative mapping by volunteer collaborators. Volunteer collaborators have been sending georeferenced data and photographs of locations affected by pollution. This information is processed and printed on a cartographic basis created by the web-mapping platform, Google MyMaps©. Photos of 90 locations were plotted on the map, and the pictures demonstrate that the oil slicks that reached the Brazilian coast had very different shapes and consistency. This research can contribute as a participatory monitoring tool during and after oil spills, promoting the oriented preservation of marine ecosystems through citizen science.
许多海难事故导致石油污染，破坏了生态系统平衡、危害人类健康、影响跨国界的国家和沿海地区繁荣以及人民生计。这是一个影响全世界的问题。各国政府必须努力确保海洋环境中的作业安全，并通过预测未来情况的方法避免石油污染，以减轻这种污染发生时的影响。本研究探讨了一种管理受污染沿海地区的方法，旨在通过志愿者协作者在线协作制图，为管理灾害造成的环境危机做出贡献。志愿者协作者一直在发送受污染地点的地理参考数据和照片。这些信息由网络地图平台 Google MyMaps©进行处理和打印在制图基础上。在地图上绘制了 90 个地点的照片，这些照片表明到达巴西海岸的浮油形状和稠度非常不同。这项研究可以作为溢油事故期间和之后的参与式监测工具，通过公民科学促进海洋生态系统的定向保护。
