This Digest is one of several Digests realized within the BiodiverCities project. The Digest consist of a short document generally focusing on a topic of relevance to the project's scope - citizen engagement in support of urban biodiversity. In this case, the topic of the Digest is "maps and mapping".

In one way or another, maps are an integral part of every planning process. Taking this central role, they necessarily hold a lot of power as artefacts that structure information, demand selection of what is represented and how, and involve appointed "mappers" in the process of their creation.

BiodiverCities is a pilot project funded by the European Parliament, run by the JRC in collaboration with Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission.