With increasing demand for large-scale data and effective, wide-spread action, conservation volunteers can play an important role in tackling the global biodiversity crisis. Cost-cutting pragmatism aside, the recruitment of volunteers into diverse roles within conservation organisations also responds to growing public concern for the environment and demand for 'meaningful' engagement in people's pastime. Here we argue that this auspicious premise of a win-win transaction fails to acknowledge a range of emerging ethical issues regarding the management of unpaid workers. This lack of critical examination frustrates the development of solutions that are effective for conservation and fair to volunteers. We focus our attention on three archetypal cases—citizen science, voluntourism and unpaid internships—to highlight the complex and value-laden trade-offs that need to be negotiated to ethically manage unpaid work in conservation. We identify opportunities to redress the balance between volunteer needs and conservation goals. Ultimately, we hope to stimulate further, more open debate on the effective and fair use of the available labour force in conservation.

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关于保护工作中合理使用无偿工作的思考

随着对大规模数据需求的增加以及有效，广泛的行动，保护志愿者可以在应对全球生物多样性危机中发挥重要作用。除了削减成本的实用主义之外，在保护组织内部招募志愿者担任各种职务的做法还响应了公众对环境日益增长的关注以及对“有意义地”参与人们消遣活动的需求。在这里，我们认为，这种双赢交易的吉利前提未能承认有关无薪工人管理的一系列新出现的道德问题。由于缺乏严格的检查，挫败了对保护有效且对志愿者公平的解决方案的开发。我们将注意力集中在三个原型案例上：公民科学，志愿服务和无薪实习—强调需要谈判的复杂和有价值的权衡，以道德方式管理养护中的无薪工作。我们确定机会来弥补志愿者需求与保护目标之间的平衡。最终，我们希望就有效和公平地利用现有劳动力进行保护进行进一步的公开辩论。