Legal notices

You are currently connected to the PARTICIP-ARC website, www.participarc.net, created by the Particip-Arc network, coordinated by the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN) and supported by the French Ministry of Culture. The website was developed by the Mosaic service unit 'Methods and Tools for Citizen Science' and is jointly supervised by the MNHN and the Sorbonne University.

This portal reflects the desire of researchers and civil society actors to highlight the diversity of existing citizen science projects in the fields of culture. The portal is an interdisciplinary platform serving cultural research projects based on citizen science approaches.

Corporate name of the establishment publishing the website

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle,

a public scientific, cultural and professional institution governed by decree n°2001-916 of 3 October 2001 as amended

57, rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris.

Publisher : Réseau Particip-Arc
Director of publication : Frédérique Chlous
Editorial managers : Alexandra Villarroel-Parada (particip-arc@mnhn.fr)
Conception : Mosaic Service Unit
Webdesign : Mosaic Service Unit
Development : Mosaic Service Unit
Website hosted by : Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle

Terms and conditions

The website is accessible via the URL www.participarc.net and is operated in compliance with French law. Use of this website is governed by the terms and conditions. By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and accepted these terms and conditions, which may be modified at any time and without prior notice by the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.

The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is not responsible in any way for misuse of the service.

Limitation of liability

The information contained on this website is as accurate as possible and is periodically updated; however, it may still contain inaccuracies, omissions or gaps. If you discover an issue with the content, or the website in general, please report it by describing the problem as precisely as possible (page title, tigger action, type of computer and browser used, etc.).

Any content downloaded is done so at the user's own risk and under their sole responsibility. Consequently, the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle cannot be held responsible for any damage to the user's computer or any loss of data resulting from downloading.

The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN) cannot be held responsible for the content, advertising, products, services or any other material available on or from the hypertext links set up as part of this website that lead to other resources present on the Internet, insofar as the MNHN cannot control these external websites and sources. Moreover, the MNHN may not be held liable for any alleged or proven damage or loss resulting from or in connection with the use of or reliance on the content, goods or services available on these external websites or sources.

Intellectual property

Any reproduction, use or representation, in whole or in part, of the screen pages, data or any component of the Particip-Arc portal, www.participarc.net, by any process and on any medium is strictly prohibited without the prior written authorisation of the Particip-Arc network.

Anyone who does not comply with the applicable legal provisions is guilty of counterfeiting and is liable to the criminal penalties provided for by French law.

To obtain proper authorisation, please write to: particip-arc@mnhn.fr.

Applicable law

You accept that this website and your relationship with the Particip-Arc network are governed by French law - the only law applicable to this website. Any dispute with a user of the website shall be submitted to the French courts.

Please consult our Privacy Policy on the page dedicated to this purpose.

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