ABSTRACT
In the field of environmental dispute resolution, joint fact-finding (JFF) has been discussed as a type of practice since as early as in the 1980s (Ozawa and Susskind 1985). Environmental dispute resolution inevitably entails scientific questions on the impact of preferred courses of action on the environment. Often, the source of environmental disputes can be traced to uncertainties inherent in scientific analysis, including in analyses such as environmental impact and risk assessment methods. Therefore, environmental mediators had good reasons to pay attention to the use of scientific information in deliberation even in their pioneering efforts.
