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dc.contributor.authorDi Capua, Giuseppe
dc.contributor.authorPeppoloni, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorBobrowsky, Peter T.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-21T23:22:09Z
dc.date.available2020-09-21T23:22:09Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationGiuseppe Di Capua, G. Di; Peppoloni, S. and Bobrowsky, P.T. (2017) The Cape Town Statement on Geoethics. Annals of Geophysics, 60, Fast Track 7, 6pp. DOI: 10.4401/ ag-7553en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11329/1417
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-920
dc.description.abstractRecently the interest by geoscientists in (geo)ethical aspects of geoscience knowledge, education, research, practice and communication has grown considerably. Today the topic of geoethics has gained a significant visibility within the scien-tific community. The IAPG – International Association for Promoting Geoethics (http://www.geoethics.org), founded in 2012, has worked to widen the discussion and create awareness about issues of ethics as applied to the geosciences. Thanks to continuous voluntary work, the respectful exchange, and fruitful sharing of ideas, the IAPG community has produced a conceptual substratum on which to base the future development of geoethics, by clarifying the meaning of the word “geoethics”, formalizing its definition, and better identifying a framework of reference values on which the geosci-ence community can base more effective codes of conduct and guidance. The members of the IAPG community have pub-lished various books and articles in peer-reviewed international journals, and organized numerous scientific sessions to bring geoethics to the most important geoscience conferences. Geoethical issues have been also included in the European project ENVRI-Plus, which is dedicated to the environmental and solid Earth research infrastructures. The tangible re-sult of these efforts is that, now, many prestigious geoscience organizations recognize geoethics as a fundamental issue, worthy of attention. This result was confirmed by the high quality of content and the large participation of scientists in the six technical sessions and a panel session on geoethics organized by IAPG at the 35th IGC – International Geological Congress, held in 2016 in Cape Town (South Africa). Largely successful due to the cooperative work of different geosci-ence organizations (IUGS-TGGP – Task Group on Global Geoscience Professionalism; GSL - Geological Society of Lon-don; EFG - European Federation of Geologists; EGS - EuroGeoSurveys; AGI – American Geosciences Institute; AGU – American Geophysical Union, and AAWG – African Association of Women in Geosciences). The IAPG considers the 35th IGC as the scientific event that opened a new phase for furthering the concept of geoethics. In order to mark this milestone, the "Cape Town Statement on Geoethics" (CTSG) was tabled by the IAPG and reviewed in an international effort. It shall focus the attention of geoscientists on the development of shared values, policies, guidelines, strategies and tools, with the long-range goal of fostering the regular adoption of ethical values and practices within the geoscience community. The document summarizes the values, concepts, and contents developed by IAPG so far, providing a per-spective for the future development of geoethical thinking. This paper addresses in detail the content of the “Cape Town Statement on Geoethics”, which is now supported officially by several geoscience organizations.en_US
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dc.subject.otherEthicsen_US
dc.subject.otherScientific ethicsen_US
dc.subject.otherInternational Association for Promoting Geoethicsen_US
dc.subject.otherGeosciencesen_US
dc.subject.otherGeoethicsen_US
dc.subject.otherResearch integrityen_US
dc.titleThe Cape Town Statement on Geoethics.en_US
dc.typeJournal Contributionen_US
dc.description.notesContributing authors: Nic Bilham, Martin Bohle, Andy Clay, Emilia Hermelinda Lopera-Parejas, David Mogken_US
dc.description.refereedRefereeden_US
dc.format.pagerange6pp.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4401/ ag-7553
dc.subject.parameterDisciplineParameter Discipline::Cross-disciplineen_US
dc.bibliographicCitation.titleAnnals of Geophysicsen_US
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume60en_US
dc.bibliographicCitation.issueFast Track 7en_US
dc.description.sdg14en_US
dc.description.bptypeBest Practiceen_US
dc.description.bptypeManual (incl. handbook, guide, cookbook etc)en_US
obps.resourceurl.publisherhttps://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/7553en_US


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