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| Titel |
Geoethics and geoscientists: some ongoing initiatives |
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Giuseppe Di Capua, Silvia Peppoloni |
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EGU General Assembly 2014
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Englisch
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In: GRA - Volume 16 (2014) |
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250088180
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 EGU/EGU2014-2263.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The awareness and role of the scientific community in the defense from natural hazards and in building geoeducational strategies for the population are key themes of Geoethics.
But, what is the awareness among Geoscientists about the importance of an ethical debate within Earth Sciences? Intuitively, this awareness is present in all, but not in an explicit and shared manner. With the goal to increase it, during the 34th International Geological Congress, that was held in Australia in August 2012, the IAPG – International Association for Promoting Geoethics was founded (http://www.iapg.geoethics.org).
The IAPG aims to join forces of Geoscientists all over the world, by creating an international, multidisciplinary and scientific platform for discussing on ethical problems and dilemmas in Earth Sciences, for promoting Geoethics themes through scientific publications and conferences, for strengthening the research base on Geoethics, for focusing on case-studies to be taken as models for the development of effective and operative strategies.
The IAPG network is growing fast and currently it has reached more than 330 members. Every day dozens of people visit its web pages (Website, Blog, Facebook page, Linkedin Group, Twitter page, YouTube channel) from almost all the countries of the world. National sections have been established in Brazil, India, Italy, Congo, Malawi, Ukraine and others are going to be founded.
The IAPG has also obtained the status of affiliated organization by the IUGS – International Union of Geological Sciences and it is among the collaborative organizations of the IUGS – Task Group on Global Geoscience Professionalism (TGGGP).
The IAPG objectives require the involvement of the entire international scientific community, and especially of geoscientists from low income countries, where ethical problems related to Earth sciences appear even more evident, where the consequences of wrong choices and the lack of rules and controls in managing geo-environment and geo-resources have tragic repercussions on the population.
The IAPG is working to offer its little contribution in building a new model of development for human communities, that is more respectful towards the Geosphere.
This work aims to give an overview on the IAPG activities, to illustrate the IAPG impact on public through web-statistics, to present publications, events and other initiatives on Geoethics carried out by its members. |
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