Ethical considerations when conservation research involves people
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In: Conservation Biology, Vol. 34, No. 4, 31.08.2020, p. 925-933.
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T1 - Ethical considerations when conservation research involves people
AU - Brittain, Steph
AU - Ibbett, Harriet
AU - de Lange, Emiel
AU - Dorward, Leejiah
AU - Hoyte, Simon
AU - Marino, Agnese
AU - Milner-Gulland, EJ
AU - Newth, Julia
AU - Rakotonarivo, Sarobidy
AU - Verissimo, Diogo
AU - Lewis, Jerome
PY - 2020/8/31
Y1 - 2020/8/31
N2 - Social science is becoming increasingly important in conservation, with more studies involving methodologies that collect data from and about people. Conservation science is a normative and applied discipline designed to support and inform management and practice. Poor research practice risks harming participants, researchers, and can leave negative legacies. Often, those at the forefront of field‐based research are early‐career researchers, many of whom enter their first research experience ill‐prepared for the ethical conundrums they may face. Here, we draw on our own experiences as early‐career researchers to illuminate how ethical challenges arise during conservation research that involves human participants. Specifically, we discuss ethical review procedures, conflicts of values, and power relations, and provide broad recommendations on how to navigate ethical challenges when they arise during research. We encourage greater engagement with ethical review processes and highlight the pressing need to develop ethical guidelines for conservation research that involves human participants.
AB - Social science is becoming increasingly important in conservation, with more studies involving methodologies that collect data from and about people. Conservation science is a normative and applied discipline designed to support and inform management and practice. Poor research practice risks harming participants, researchers, and can leave negative legacies. Often, those at the forefront of field‐based research are early‐career researchers, many of whom enter their first research experience ill‐prepared for the ethical conundrums they may face. Here, we draw on our own experiences as early‐career researchers to illuminate how ethical challenges arise during conservation research that involves human participants. Specifically, we discuss ethical review procedures, conflicts of values, and power relations, and provide broad recommendations on how to navigate ethical challenges when they arise during research. We encourage greater engagement with ethical review processes and highlight the pressing need to develop ethical guidelines for conservation research that involves human participants.
KW - institutional review boards
KW - power dynamics
KW - values
KW - legacy
KW - social science
KW - reflexivity
KW - fieldwork
U2 - 10.1111/cobi.13464
DO - 10.1111/cobi.13464
M3 - Article
VL - 34
SP - 925
EP - 933
JO - Conservation Biology
JF - Conservation Biology
SN - 0888-8892
IS - 4
ER -