Ethical Dilemmas in Geosciences. We Can Ask, but, Can We Answer?

Marone, Eduardo; Peppoloni, Silvia

doi:10.4401/ag-7445

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“…Being a limiting resource for development, water has to be managed with care. Water management is subject to a wide range of stresses that result in ethical challenges and dilemmas [26]. In the GOAL project, the following water-related ethical challenges and dilemmas have been identified for issues related to water management [25]:…”

Section: Geoethical Aspects Of Water Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Educational Resources for Geoethical Aspects of Water Management

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Global water resources are a critical value for the future of humankind. Conflicts and wars seem to rise because of such critical resources. While water-scarce countries are under extreme pressure on the long-term scale, also water-rich countries in Europe, such as Austria, face local conflicts of interest between water supply, tourism, agriculture, hydropower and ecology, for instance. Higher Education must address these conflicts and the new concepts of geoethics offer the conceptional thinking to do so. Based on educational resources for Higher Education that have been developed in the field of “Geoethics and Water Management” under the Erasmus+ co-funded project GOAL (Geoethics Outcomes and Awareness Learning), selected water-related conflicts are discussed. The cases selected for developing the educational resources are water use conflicts and geoethical aspects of hydropower plants. The educational resources include a subsequent procedure for applying them with students. Outcomes from the educational resources show that issues related to water management often create geoethical conflicts and dilemmas, and an interconnection between several Sustainable Development Goals can be established. Applying the educational resources shall enable geoscientists to contribute towards sustainable development of Earth’s future by a more holistic view.

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Section: Geoethical Aspects Of Water Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%