IUCN WCEL Ethics Specialist Group (ESG) is a global network of practitioners and scholars from across disciplines
seeking to (1) highlight the ethical issues in biodiversity conservation and specific natural resource controversies; and (2) engage with diverse local and global partners to foster ethical engagement, bear witness to ethics in action, and share stories of success and failure.
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Specialist Group Update (June 2018)
Goals:
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The ESG seeks to be the hub for ethical engagement within IUCN by actively seeking to highlight ethical issues in conservation and decision-making, and being responsive to queries from members, commissions, or Secretariat bodies.
- Advancing major global projects, including the Biosphere Ethics Initiative (BEI), Climate Change Justice, Earth Democracy (including Earth Jurisprudence), and Ecological Law and Governance.
Chairs Emeriti
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Peter Burdon (Co-Chair 2012-2016)
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Katy Gwiazdon (Co-Chair 2008-2012)
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J. Ronald Engel (Co-Chair 2003-2012)