THE CAPE TOWN STATEMENT ON GEOETHICS
AND THE IAPG NETWORK
(by Silvia Peppoloni and Giuseppe Di Capua)
Citation: Peppoloni S. and Di Capua G. (2018). The Cape Town Statement on Geoethics and the IAPG Network. The EPOS Newsletter issue 01, January 2018 | Article 02.
Recently the interest by geoscientists in ethical and social aspects of geoscience has grown considerably. Geoethics is defined as the “Research and reflection on the values that underpin appropriate behaviours and practices, wherever human activities interact with the Earth system. Geoethics deals with the ethical, social and cultural implications of geoscience knowledge, education, research, practice, and communication, and with the social role and responsibility of geoscientists in conducting their activities” (Peppoloni and Di Capua, 2014).....
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Recently the interest by geoscientists in ethical and social aspects of geoscience has grown considerably. Geoethics is defined as the “Research and reflection on the values that underpin appropriate behaviours and practices, wherever human activities interact with the Earth system. Geoethics deals with the ethical, social and cultural implications of geoscience knowledge, education, research, practice, and communication, and with the social role and responsibility of geoscientists in conducting their activities” (Peppoloni and Di Capua, 2014).....
Read the full article at: https://www.epos-ip.org/cape-town-statement-geoethics-and-iapg-network
