City Nature Challenge
City Nature Challenge or Get to know nature in your city
17 April 2024
The City Nature Challenge 2024 is about to start and you can take part by stepping on your doorstep! Join us from 26 to 29 April 2024 and record your observations too!
The City Nature Challenge is an annual event that pits citizens against scientists in a friendly competition between cities around the world. Cities work together with the common goal of documenting species for conservation and urban planning, but also compete to see who can make the most nature observations, find the most species and engage the most citizen scientists.
Within our tri-city of Uherské Hradiště, Kunovice and Staré Město and its immediate surroundings, there are many interesting biotopes with a rich species diversity, from gardens and parks in the urban area, through the floodplains of the rivers Morava and Olšava and their blind arms, to floodplain forests (Kunovský and Kněžpolský forest), supra-regional biocentres (e.g. We need your help to record as many species as possible for this event using the iNaturalist app, which is used to document animals, plants and fungi.
This is an amazing opportunity to learn about local flora and fauna in a hands-on way, while taking part in an impressive citizen science event with real conservation applications.
You can record your observations using the iNaturalist app or on the website. The app is free and easy to use. It automatically adds the date, time and location to your photo, the most important data for further research purposes, and helps you identify what you just took a photo of.
Every year more and more cities are participating in the City Nature Challenge, both globally and within the Czech Republic. In this year’s edition, Uherské Hradiště will meet Prague, Brno, České Budějovice and now Ostrava and Veselísko. Once again, we are preparing a varied accompanying programme, from activities for schools to guided tours through the urban wilderness to competitions for the best observers.
More information about the City Nature Challenge itself, and how to use the iNaturalist app, can be found on the website and in the Facebook group, where you can also show off your photo captures during the event.
We look forward to seeing you there!