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

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

doi:10.1002/pan3.70253

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

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

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	800-807
Number of pages	8
Journal	People and Nature
Volume	8
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70253
Publication status	Published - Apr 2026

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ecologists
environmental scientists
ethics of care
professional roles
professional societies
sustainability
values

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Arnillas, C. A., Stotz, G. C., Ortiz, A. M. D., Chinga Chamorro, J. B., Chiuffo, M. C., Collinge, S. K., Kariuki, R. W., Norman, H., Regan, H. M., Visakorpi, K., Devarajan, K., Klein, A.-M., Schnabel, F., Arponen, A., Cadotte, M. W., Cousens, R., Ehrlich, K., Grell-Brisk, M., Hughes, L., ... Santos Domínguez, N. (2026). Strengthening responsibilities to face global crises: A call to ecologists, environmental scientists and their societies. People and Nature, 8(4), 800-807. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70253

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