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Created and managed by Carnegie Council Senior Program Director and Senior Fellow William Vocke, Global Ethics Corner is a weekly 2 minute segment devoted to newsworthy ethical issues.
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Created and managed by Carnegie Council Senior Program Director and Senior Fellow William Vocke, Global Ethics Corner is a weekly 2 minute segment devoted to newsworthy ethical issues.
Transcript
Is life sacred? We go to great lengths to protect it, as nations, in our communities, and with nature preserves.
Yet humankind is also destructive. The hunger for agricultural land has an increasing impact on our natural environment. Millions of acres of forest are bulldozed every year, mainly in tropical areas where species are most concentrated. Some of these plant species may have important medical or scientific applications.
Well known animals like gorillas are threatened with extinction, as are countless species that science hasn't even documented. We often don't know what we might be losing.
In some cases we do: conservation of the Atlantic bluefin tuna was voted down earlier this year at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. What should be the balance between preservation and consumption?
Some extinction is natural and happens all the time. Of the specie...
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William Vocke- Producer, Program Director, Writer and Voice Talent
Deborah Carroll- Production Manager
Robert Smithline- Editor
Terence Hurley- Editor
Julia Kennedy – Content Editor
Ina Pira- Media Coordinator
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