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

Abstract Despite research and outreach efforts by ecologists and environmental scientists (EES), environmental crises continue to escalate. 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. Scientific and professional societies are fundamental institutions for the development and sharing of such guidelines across the many roles that EES take on. 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. 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. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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People and Nature
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2026-02-22
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https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70253
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Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
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Strengthening responsibilities to face global crises: A call to ecologists, environmental scientists and their societies

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

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Abstract Despite research and outreach efforts by ecologists and environmental scientists (EES), environmental crises continue to escalate. 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. Scientific and professional societies are fundamental institutions for the development and sharing of such guidelines across the many roles that EES take on. 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. 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. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

People and Nature
University of California, Riverside (US), Universidad Mayor (CL), University of Southern California (US), Pitzer College (US), University of British Columbia (CA), University of Ottawa (CA), University of Turku (FI), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (AR), University of Freiburg (DE), The University of Melbourne (AU), University of Concepción (CL), University of Rhode Island (US), University of Toronto (CA), University of Regina (CA), University of South Florida (US), Scarborough Health Network (CA), German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (DE), Metropolitan University (RS), Center of Applied Ecology & Sustainability (CL), Universidad Andrés Bello (CL), Williams & Associates (US), Fundação Instituto de Pesca do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR), Tampere University (FI), Instituto de Histología y Embriología de Mendoza (AR), Tucson Orthopaedic Institute (US), Ecosystem Sciences (AU), Arizona State University (US), Universidad Nacional del Comahue (AR), British Ecological Society (GB), University of Lapland (FI), Macquarie University (AU)
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Koneen Säätiö, Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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