Abstract
The last thirty years have seen major changes in the relationship between humanity and the Earth system. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, RIO 92, brought both the society and the scientific community, in general, the perception of the need for an integrated view of the Earth and the meaning of the irresponsible intensity of the exploitation of natural resources, by definition restricted to the planet. From this convention emerged integrative initiatives in the natural, human, and social sciences. Two fields of geoscientific knowledge have emerged: geoconservation and geoethics. Geoconservation, more widespread today, deals with the conservation of outcrops, rocks, minerals, and fossils of geoscientific relevance and their forming processes, spreading its values both at the scientific, educational, and tourist levels. Geoethics, for its part, is concerned with the relationship between humanity and the Earth system, seeking to act in education as well as in the professional practice of geoscientists. Between both fields, there is an overlap of action zones. In these overlapping zones, intensive rock sampling in important outcrops from the point of view of geoconservation is discussed. What is in focus is the responsibility of geoscientists to preserve the integrity of emblematic outcrops in the construction of knowledge about geohistory. Equally important are the way and quality of the dissemination of information on the elements of geodiversity and the implications for society, in terms of natural disasters and those resulting from the anthropic activity. This article presents an analysis of the interaction between these fields in the educational agenda of universities and professional associations of geoscientists.
Highlights
“Land, like Odysseus' slave-girls, is still property
The last of the five phases appeared at the beginning of the 1990s, its historical milestone being the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), RIO-92
Based on conceptual analysis and selected case studies, the present article has the main aim of presenting the possible interactions between Geoconservation and Geoethics in order to contribute to their theoretical formulation, which remains incipient
Summary
“Land, like Odysseus' slave-girls, is still property. The land relation is still strictly economic, entailing privileges but no obligations.” Such were the words of Aldo Leopold (1949) at the dawn of conservationist thinking. The land relation is still strictly economic, entailing privileges but no obligations.” Such were the words of Aldo Leopold (1949) at the dawn of conservationist thinking. The constant demand for more energy, rawer materials and other inputs has promoted a process of global environmental degradation, which requires a collective scientific effort in search of an acceptable and controlled level of consumption. This relationship has been profoundly transformed over the last two centuries. Based on conceptual analysis and selected case studies, the present article has the main aim of presenting the possible interactions between Geoconservation and Geoethics in order to contribute to their theoretical formulation, which remains incipient
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