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Parklife

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Due to climate change, a large number of desperate Kenyans have settled illegally in the country's parks and are deforesting large areas to make them suitable for cultivation and cattle-grazing. Sadly cutting down the trees is helpi...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Parklife.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-09 12:11

Engineering ethics : peace, justice, and the earth

Authors: Catalano, George D.
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society
Abstract: This book examines the ethical codes of engineers from a historical perspective, and describes a new model for ethical codes that includes an identified integral community that should be served and protected by practicing engineers....
Year: 2006

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-06-15 11:51

Real-Life Avatar

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: James Cameron, director of the movie Avatar, had become philanthropically involved a conflict over the Belo Monte damn project in the Amazon rain forest. The Belo Monte dam is part of a proposed hydroelectric project on the Xingu R...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Avatar.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-08 09:49

Bushmeat

Authors: Connolly, Peggy ; Anestidou, Lida ; Leever, Martin ; Keller, David R. ; Cox-White, Becky ; Althaus, Ruth Ann
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: People in Central African tropical rain forest for at least 40,000 years. However, as the human population grows, the harvest of large wild mammals, known as "bushmeat" is increasing. While scientists consider the current rate of w...
Year: 2004
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Bushmeat.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-07 15:43

Narmada Dams Controversy

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This is an in depth case study looking at the transnational involvement in the construction of a large dam on the Narmada river in India. The controversy, which begun with the first proposals for the dam in the late 1940's took on t...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.umass.edu/sts/ethics/narmada.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-31 13:55

Transboundary Trade  in Hazardous Substances and Wastes

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case study provides an overview of environmental and health issues regarding the transboundary trade of hazardous substances such as chemical waste, including pesticides, which can affect humans and the environment, especially ...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.umass.edu/sts/ethics/hazard.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-31 13:55

The Galapagos

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Using problem-based learning and role-playing, students analyze the geological origins of the Galapagos Islands, their colonization, species formation, and threats to their biodiversity in this story of a graduate student caught bet...
Year: 1999
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=372&id=372

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:51

The Wealth of Water

Authors: Baum, Karina J. ; Rathburn, Melanie
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Many students take the availability of water for granted. This case study, which focuses on the Cochabamba water revolt in Bolivia, is designed to encourage students to think about water as a limited natural resource. Students learn...
Year: 2009
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=219&id=219

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:51

The Deforestation of the Amazon : A Case Study in Understanding Ecosystems and Their Value

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this case study, students examine tropical deforestation in the Amazon from the perspective of three dominant stakeholders in the region: a peasant farmer, a logger, and an environmentalist. As part of the exercise, students perf...
Year: 1999
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=318&id=318

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:50

Is Guaiacum Sanctum Effective Against Arthritis?

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Dr. Beth Tonoany, a tropical population ecologist, is studying an unusual tree, Guaiacum sanctum, in the tropical forests of Central America. Interestingly, several local Ticos have told her that they use the tree for medicinal purp...
Year: 2004
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=178&id=178

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:48

Cancer Cure or Conservation

Authors: Lizotte, Pauline A. ; Manchester Community College, Mathematics, Science and Health Careers ; Knapp, Gretchen E. ; Illinois State University, Biology Department
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case is based on the controversy that surrounded harvesting of the Pacific yew from 1989 to 1997 to develop paclitaxel (Taxol), a revolutionary anti-cancer drug. The case was designed to expose students to basic conservation bi...
Year: 2003
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=198&id=198

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:46

Banana Split : To Eat or Not to Eat

Authors: Carris, Lorri M. ; Jackson, Nancy L.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case focuses on the banana, the most popular fruit in the world. In the first part of the case, students are introduced to the history of "Banana Republics" and the biological constraints to banana production, including the de...
Year: 2010
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=541&id=541

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:46

Ecotourism: Who Benefits?

Authors: Santanello, Cathy R. ; Markowitz, Linda ; Southern Illinois University, Sociology Department, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this case study, students assess ecotourism in Costa Rica by considering the viewpoints of a displaced landowner, banana plantation worker, environmentalist, state official, U.S. trade representative, and national park employee. ...
Year: 2006
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=359&id=359

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:47

Ethics, Management, and Research in Glacier Bay, Alaska

Authors: Monteith, Daniel
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Teaching Ethics: The Journal of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum
Abstract: In recent years there has been an increase in conflicts over the ethics of land use between nation-states and indigenous peoples. Federal governments are dictating policies based on an ethos created by nation-states comprised of ma...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.uvu.edu/ethics/seac/Monteith-Ethics%20Management%20and%20Research%20.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-08-10 10:51

Indigenous Peoples vs. Endangered Species

Authors: Funke, Rhiannon Dodds ; Myers, Gretchen A. ; Boxall, Susanna Flavia ; Potthast, Adam ; Association for Practical and Professional Ethics ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Funke, Michael Brian
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In the Amazon rain forest of Brazil, indigenous fisherman kill pink river dolphins for profit. They use the dolphins' meat as bait to catch fish they sell to customers outside of their community, and use the oil from the dolphins' f...
Year: 2011
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Indigenous%20Peoples.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-09-08 16:31

Hydro-Quebec and James Bay

Authors: Georgetown University Undergraduate Bioethics Society ; Whyte, Kyle ; Reider, Travis ; American Society for Bioethics + Humanities ; Nelson, James Lindemann ; Heurer, Kelly ; Henderson, Macey ; Hedahl, Marcus
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: (See page 11 of PDF) The James Bay Project is a state-owned series of hydro-power stations on the La Grande River in Quebec located between James Bay and Larbador. Together, the James Bay I and II projects have diverted and damned 9...
Year: 2013
URL: http://nubc2013.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BB-Cases-Nos-1-14-Final.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2013-05-20 15:55

Hazardous Waste Siting

Authors: Georgetown University Undergraduate Bioethics Society ; Whyte, Kyle ; Reider, Travis ; American Society for Bioethics + Humanities ; Nelson, James Lindemann ; Heurer, Kelly ; Henderson, Macey ; Hedahl, Marcus
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: (See page 4 of PDF) In 1990, a proposal was put forward for the siting of a low-level radioactive waste dump in upstate New York. The proposal caused concern outside of the immediate area because two of the five potential disposal s...
Year: 2013
URL: http://nubc2013.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BB-Cases-Nos-1-14-Final.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2013-05-20 14:36