Explore Conservation Ethics
In our recent panel episode of Tech Tutors, How do I use conservation tech ethically?, our presenters explored this important subject as they answered the following questions:
- Doug Clark: How do I use conservation tech ethically?
- Laure Joanny: How do I build on existing tools and procedures to use conservation tech ethically?
- Trishant Simlai: How does conservation tech cause harm?
- Koustubh Sharma: How do I manage ethical issues in the field?
Click each presenter's name to view the recording from their individual lecture portion of the panel.
Louis Cohen also created a conservation tech ethics beginner's guide for Tech Tutors participants, available for download here.
And in addition to the many engaging resources shared by participants during this episode, our presenters also provided several papers and other resources to help you explore the many aspects of conservation technology ethics:
- Research Paper (Doug Clark, Chris Sandbrook, Trishant Simlai): Principles for the socially responsible use of conservation monitoring technology and data
- Research Paper (Koustubh Sharma): Conservation and people: Towards an ethical code of conduct for the use of camera traps in wildlife research
- Keynote Presentation (Trishant Simlai): Conservation surveillance as a means for state repression? Psychological terror and the spectacles of fear through the use of drones in India
- The First Nations Principles of OCAP
- Doug Clark: Engaging Northern expertise strengthens ecological science
- Research Paper (Chris Sandbrook): The social implications of using drones for biodiversity conservation
If you're interested in discussing the ethics of conservation technology, you can join the WILDLABS forum dedicated to ethics, and connect with these panelists in this episode's Tech Tutors thread!
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Hi everyone, We're half an hour away from our special Ethics panel episode today at 11 AM ET / 4 PM BST, where... |
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Ethics of Conservation Tech, Camera Traps | 4 years ago | |
Hi Kate- it should be out imminently and we'll announce it here when it is. Meantime I'll email you a copy. cheers, Doug. |
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Ethics of Conservation Tech | 4 years 5 months ago | |
Hi Wildlabbers, After a holiday break, Tech Tutors Season 2 continues with our forth episode, featuring Doug Clark, Joseph... |
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Camera Traps, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Community Base | 4 years 7 months ago | |
this paper is a good place to start: Hodgson, J. C., & Koh, L. P. (2016). Best practice for minimising unmanned aerial vehicle disturbance to wildlife in biological field... |
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Ethics of Conservation Tech | 5 years 2 months ago | |
The Responsible Data community has published an open letter today https://responsibledata.io/2019/02/08/open-letter-to-wfp-re-... |
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Ethics of Conservation Tech | 6 years 6 months ago | |
Hello all. I've been thinking lately about the importance of open source technology in creating advancements in the conservation... |
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Ethics of Conservation Tech | 8 years 8 months ago | |
Thanks for contributing these thoughts and resources, Ken. Great to see you in the WILDLABS.NET community! |
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Ethics of Conservation Tech | 9 years 8 months ago | |
The Centre for Global Equality is holding a seminar and discussion about drones and conservation at 12noon GMT on Nov 25th, 2015. The... |
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