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Strengthening responsibilities to face global crises: A call to ecologists, environmental scientists and their societies

Authors: Arnillas, Carlos Alberto; Stotz, Gisela C.; Ortiz, Andrea Monica D.; Chinga, Chamorro Javiera Beatriz; Chiuffo, Mariana C.; Collinge, Sharon K.; Kariuki, Rebecca W.; Norman, Hazel; Regan, Helen M.; Visakorpi, Kristiina; Devarajan, Kadambari; Klein, Alexandra‐Maria; Schnabel, Florian; Arponen, Anni; Cadotte, Marc W.; Cousens, Roger; Ehrlich, Ken; Grell‐Brisk, Marilyn; Hughes, Lesley; Kharouba, Heather M.; Martin, Tara G.; Prado‐Valladares, Ana Carolina; Rumpff, Libby; Soares, Bruno E.; Williams, Michael; Winter, Marten; Yannelli, Florencia A.; Beyene, Menilek; Fernando, Sula; Hart, Thomas; Santaoja, Minna; Santos, Domínguez Nicolás

Publisher: Wiley

Publication year: 2026

Journal: People and Nature

eISSN: 2575-8314

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70253

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Web address : https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70253

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Abstract

1.   Despite research and outreach efforts by ecologists and environmental scientists (EES), environmental crises continue to escalate.
2.   As a diverse group of concerned EES, we perceived a lack of clear guidance to articulate individual actions to improve sustainability. To address that gap, we propose ‘The Conguillío Statement on the values and responsibilities of ecologists’, a document summarizing values and responsibilities for EES in their different roles.
3.   Scientific and professional societies are fundamental institutions for the development and sharing of such guidelines across the many roles that EES take on.
4.   With the ongoing convergence of several crises, EES societies must take the lead to develop and disseminate contextualized and appropriate guidelines to their members. The ‘Conguillío Statement’ can stimulate that debate.
5.   We call on EES and their professional societies to take the lead on the effort to debate, adapt and adopt guidelines to inform EES practice towards a more sustainable future.

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This work was supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (RGPIN 2019-04535) (TGM), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (RGPIN 2024-06291) (HMK), Kone Foundation grant (202104011) (MS), Kone Foundation grant (202203652) (AA), Scientific Society Freiburg im Breisgau (FS), CONICET (PIBAA 2022-2023) (MCC), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (FAY), University of California Climate Action Matching Grant (R02CM7081) (HMR), Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo de Chile (FB210006) (AMDO), and Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo de Chile (ATE230072) (AMDO).