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Biasetti, Pierfrancesco
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Hildebrandt, Thomas B.
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Göritz, Frank
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Hermes, Robert
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Holtze, Susanne
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Stejskal, Jan
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Galli, Cesare
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Pollastri, Ilaria
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Muzzo, Alessia
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Lekolool, Isaac
dc.date.accessioned
2023-04-12T07:09:27Z
dc.date.available
2023-04-12T07:09:27Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/37993
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-37709
dc.description.abstract
Achieving ethically responsible decisions is crucial for the success of biodiversity conservation projects. We adapted the ethical matrix, decision tree, and Bateson's cube to assist in the ethical analysis of complex conservation scenarios by structuring these tools so that they can implement the different value dimensions (environmental, social, and animal welfare) involved in conservation ethics. We then applied them to a case study relative to the decision-making process regarding whether or not to continue collecting biomaterial on the oldest of the two remaining northern white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), a functionally extinct subspecies of the white rhinoceros. We used the ethical matrix to gather ethical pros and cons and as a starting point for a participatory approach to ethical decision-making. We used decision trees to compare the different options at stake on the basis of a set of ethical desiderata. We used Bateson's cube to establish a threshold of ethical acceptability and model the results of a simple survey. The application of these tools proved to be pivotal in structuring the decision-making process and in helping reach a shared, reasoned, and transparent decision on the best option from an ethical point of view among those available.
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14 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Bateson's cube
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conservation ethics
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decision tree
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ethical analysis
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ethical matrix
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northern white rhino
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500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
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Application of decision tools to ethical analysis in biodiversity conservation
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Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
e14029
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1111/cobi.14029
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Conservation Biology
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
2
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
37
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14029
refubium.affiliation
Veterinärmedizin
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no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1523-1739
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WoS-Alert