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Scientific Integrity: Defining the Issue
Re-enforcing the sciences in the governmental decision-making and environmental assessment processes.
The past six years have seen much disregard for science and abuse of scientific and conservation whistleblowers. Oversight committees have begun reviewing these abuses and considering changes to correct them.
In addition, SCB has opportunities to pursue remedies that affect more than one agency by continuing its current interests in the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, other laws built around the science of conservation biology and environmental assessment requirements. This is being done through the Endangered Species Coalition, as well as other formal and informal coalitions, and directly in cooperation with congressional staff and colleagues in conservation and scientific organizations.
Issues:
The range of general new remedies is fairly well set while natural resource law-specific remedies are less well developed.
1) How to improve and expand whistleblower protection and remedies for decisions determined to be undermined by the suppression of science in Federally funded operations and research; and
2) How to better prioritize, fund, protect and integrate research, analysis, and assessments in natural resource and environmental regulatory decisions.
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