PaleoNet: Session on ethics in paleontological and geoscience research in conflict zones at EGU 2024

[VIKTOR BARANOV]

Dear Colleagues!
Its our pleasure to invite you to participate in the session “EOS4.6  
Geodiversity under fire: the impact of war and postcolonial influences  
on geodiversity in Ukraine and other countries” at European  
Geosceinces Union General Assembly 2024 (Wien, 14-19 2024)

The Russian-Ukrainian war has recently brought into focus a profound  
negative impact that armed conflict has on the preservation of fossils  
& geodiversity in conflict areas. In this session we propose to  
discuss the impact of war and post-colonial influences on geosciences.  
The main goal of this session is to serve as a forum to discuss the  
strategies of preservation of geodiversity in the conflict areas. We  
will promote discussion of the threats of military conflicts to fossil  
biotas, geodiversity, geosciences and geoscientists, synthesizing a  
diverse set of perspectives. We will also promote a discussion of the  
ethical implications of research on materials and datasets originating  
from the conflict zones, and role of conflicts in exclusion of the  
local research communities from such studies.
The session will focus on the direct war impacts on geodiversity and  
strategies for their mitigation, as well as on indirect impact that  
wars are having on the geoscience communities of the affected countries.
Abstract submission at:  
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/session/49290

Best wishes,
Viktor and Pavlo

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Viktor Baranov
Ramon y Cajal Fellow/ Junior Group Leader
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC / Doñana Biological Station-CSIC
Avd. Americo Vespucio 26
41092 Seville (Spain)

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