The Dublin Declaration: Gain for the Meat Industry, Loss for Science

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F24%3A10497490" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/24:10497490 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=KOj1pgRy54" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=KOj1pgRy54</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103922" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103922</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Dublin Declaration: Gain for the Meat Industry, Loss for Science

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

We critically analyzed the &quot;Dublin Declaration of Scientists on the Societal Role of Livestock&quot; (DD), a document promoting animal farming, and its implications for public discourse and policy. Our analysis reveals that the DD is scientifically problematic, particularly in its neglect of issues such as meat overconsumption in high-income countries and the dominance of industrial animal production, thereby downplaying associated risks and harms. We also show that the DD&apos;s authors essentially suggest that societies should simply rely on technological progress to fix any &quot;challenges&quot; associated with the sector, a suggestion that aligns with the authors&apos; private interests. We identify several academically questionable practices, including denial of credentials to dissenting actors, omission of significant conflicts of interest, and excessive self-edition and self-citation, all while purporting to provide a scientific and balanced overview. Relatedly, we bring into view conflicts of interests of the Irish semi-state authority Teagasc, which hosted a DD-related summit, and of Animal Frontiers and the animal production science associations behind it, which published a special issue edited by the DD&apos;s authors containing the DD. We explore potential responsibilities by these organizations, the DD&apos;s authors, and Nature Food, which published a follow-up correspondence by two of the DD&apos;s authors. Our perspective contributes to the growing literature exposing the influence of the meat industry on science and its representation in public discourse. We discuss broader policy measures to mitigate and counteract this influence.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Dublin Declaration: Gain for the Meat Industry, Loss for Science

Popis výsledku anglicky

We critically analyzed the &quot;Dublin Declaration of Scientists on the Societal Role of Livestock&quot; (DD), a document promoting animal farming, and its implications for public discourse and policy. Our analysis reveals that the DD is scientifically problematic, particularly in its neglect of issues such as meat overconsumption in high-income countries and the dominance of industrial animal production, thereby downplaying associated risks and harms. We also show that the DD&apos;s authors essentially suggest that societies should simply rely on technological progress to fix any &quot;challenges&quot; associated with the sector, a suggestion that aligns with the authors&apos; private interests. We identify several academically questionable practices, including denial of credentials to dissenting actors, omission of significant conflicts of interest, and excessive self-edition and self-citation, all while purporting to provide a scientific and balanced overview. Relatedly, we bring into view conflicts of interests of the Irish semi-state authority Teagasc, which hosted a DD-related summit, and of Animal Frontiers and the animal production science associations behind it, which published a special issue edited by the DD&apos;s authors containing the DD. We explore potential responsibilities by these organizations, the DD&apos;s authors, and Nature Food, which published a follow-up correspondence by two of the DD&apos;s authors. Our perspective contributes to the growing literature exposing the influence of the meat industry on science and its representation in public discourse. We discuss broader policy measures to mitigate and counteract this influence.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Environmental Science and Policy

ISSN

1462-9011

e-ISSN

1873-6416

Svazek periodika

162

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

December

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

103922

Kód UT WoS článku

001367007500001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85208889658