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Science is crucial to environmental protection. Many of the global problems we face - like climate change, ozone depletion, and the spread of hormone disrupting chemicals - can only be detected and understood through science.
Equally, science is used to justify the existence and deployment of environmental threats, such as nuclear power and genetically modified organisms.
Our opposition to these technologies has led to accusations that Greenpeace is 'anti-science'. This is far from the case. We depend on science and technology to provide solutions to environmental threats.
Because of this double-edged relationship with science, its use and governance is important to us and we are working to stimulate debate about the use of new technologies, as well as highlighting what is good and criticizing what is bad about current practices.
We have also critiqued the lack of public involvement in science and the need for reform of the relationship between science and society.
The Research Laboratories of Greenpeace International are located within the School of Biological Sciences, at Exeter University. See www.greenpeace.to for more information.
The Laboratories provide scientific expertise and analytical support to Greenpeace offices right around the world and have contributed to many important achievements in environmental protection over the last two decades. The lab's role is threefold:
Greenpeace frequently commissions scientific research reports and investigations in support of its campaigns. and the Laboratories often contribute to the research undertaken. We also use science to seek solutions. For example, in order to avoid fruitless scientific controversy over levels of harm of particular products, we seek to identify alternatives and provide ways in which the public and policy-makers can move towards a more sustainable future.