IAPG Session 5.1a on
geoethics at the Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC 2023) in Perth
(Australia) on 27 June 2023
(Perth Convention and
Exhibition Centre, Meeting Room 7)
Session 5.1a
“Geoethics to responsibly manage local and global challenges of our
times”
Conveners: Silvia Peppoloni
and Sandra Villacorta Chambi
Session co-organized by:
IAPG and IUGS.
Session description:
Geoscience knowledge and expertise are essential to address a wide range of the
most pressing social-environmental concerns, inform decision-making, and guide
education at all levels. All branches of geosciences have cultural, social and
ethical implications. Hence, geoscientists face ethical issues in their
professional and civic roles. Geoscientists are becoming increasingly aware of
their ethical responsibilities to serve society and foster public trust in
geosciences. Geoethics aims to provide a common framework to responsibly manage
questions such as geo-resources, geological risks, pollution, geoheritage, as
well as geoscience-society-policy interaction and relationships with Indigenous
communities. This session aims to nourish the discussion on appropriate
behaviours and practices, also through case-studies, wherever human activities
interact with the Earth system.
This session is included in
the theme: Critical role of geoscience in Australia’s future.
Oral presentations:
Silvia Peppoloni
(Researcher at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Rome;
IAPG Secretary General and Chair of the IUGS Commission on Geoethics) will give
a presentation entitled “The future of geosciences: the perspective of
geoethics”, Giuseppe Di Capua (Researcher at the National Institute of
Geophysics and Volcanology in Rome; Treasurer of the IAPG and the IUGS
Commission on Geoethics) will give a presentation entitled “Ten years of
geoethics”.
Poster presentation:
Luisa Pinto (IAPG-Chile
coordinator) will present the poster “Geoethics in Engineering Geology and
Geosciences careers: a South American perspective”.