GreenFacts Digests' Publication Process
The Topics of our Digests
are chosen by our Board of
Directors, in consultation with our Scientific
Board, Partners and Full
Members.
They are selected among the important environment and health
topics for which an adequate source document exists (see below).
The Source Document that we summarize
is decided by our Scientific
Board, which composed of independent experts. It must be a recent scientific
consensus publication, produced by an international panel of experts, and published by a independent international organization such as:
- the WHO (World
Health Organization),
- the FAO (Food and
Agriculture Organization),
- the IARC (International
Agency for Research on Cancer),
- the UNEP (United
Nations Environment Programme),
- the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change),
- the MA (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment),
- the European
Commission's Scientific
bodies...
Our Summaries are written following
a rigorous publication
procedure, summarized below, to ensure
that they are impartial and
faithful to their Source Document:
- The draft summaries are generally written by a scientific expert (see our panel of experts) in collaboration with our staff.
- They are sometimes pre-reviewed by stakeholder
experts from both environmental or health associations and industry,
to ensure that they are not biased against specific views.
- They are then peer-reviewed by
at least three independent experts selected by our Scientific
Board, to ensure their accuracy, impartiality
and faithfulness to the source document.
- Final publication is authorized by our Scientific Board President.
See
our detailled publication procedure.
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