{"id":3584,"date":"2019-02-22T21:44:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T21:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mission-monarch.org\/?page_id=3584"},"modified":"2022-02-16T22:48:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T22:48:59","slug":"the-research-project-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/the-research-project-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The research project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mission-monarch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3623-Copie-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Chantal Lepire\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3623-Copie-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3623-Copie-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3623-Copie-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_3623-Copie.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Given the disturbing decline in North American monarch populations, Canada has committed to protecting these butterflies\u2019 summer breeding grounds, as a way of maximizing their reproductive success. However, there is not enough scientific knowledge available to come up with an effective conservation plan. In order to protect monarch habitats, we have to know where to find them. In other words, we need monarch-breeding data across the butterfly&#8217;s range. That\u2019s where Mission Monarch fits in!<\/p>\n<p><em>Mission Monarch<\/em> is a community science program. This means anyone, with a scientific background or not, can share their observations and thus contribute to data collection. Using all milkweed and monarch records, researchers will be able to map where monarch breeding occurs, identify breeding hotspots, and inform conservation experts.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given the disturbing decline in North American monarch populations, Canada has committed to protecting these butterflies\u2019 summer breeding grounds, as a way of maximizing their reproductive success. However, there is not enough scientific knowledge available to come up with an effective conservation plan. In order to protect monarch habitats, we have to know where to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/the-research-project-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The research project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3584"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4265,"href":"https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3584\/revisions\/4265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mission-monarch.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}