Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and ProspectsElizabeth Charlotte Fisher, Judith S. Jones, René von Schomberg Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006 M01 1 - 336 pages This challenging book takes a broad and thought-provoking look at the precautionary principle and its implementation, or potential implementation, in a number of fields. |
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... National University, Canberra, Australia René von Schomberg Directorate General for Research, European Commission Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA © Elizabeth Fisher, Judith Jones and René von Schomberg, 2006.
... National University, Canberra, Australia René von Schomberg Directorate General for Research, European Commission Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA © Elizabeth Fisher, Judith Jones and René von Schomberg, 2006.
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... Commission. She is author (with Adrian Deville) of Applying the Precautionary Principle (Federation Press, 1997) and co- editor (with Liz Fisher) of Perspectives on the Precautionary Principle (Federation Press, 1999). Judith Jones (BSc ...
... Commission. She is author (with Adrian Deville) of Applying the Precautionary Principle (Federation Press, 1997) and co- editor (with Liz Fisher) of Perspectives on the Precautionary Principle (Federation Press, 1999). Judith Jones (BSc ...
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... Commission, Directorate General for Research. He is the author of numerous articles and mono- graphs. Edited books in English include Science, Politics and Morality: Scientific Uncertainty and Decision Making (Kluwer, 1993), The Social ...
... Commission, Directorate General for Research. He is the author of numerous articles and mono- graphs. Edited books in English include Science, Politics and Morality: Scientific Uncertainty and Decision Making (Kluwer, 1993), The Social ...
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... (Commission of the European Communities 2000a, Gullett et al. 2001); impact assessment (Gullett 2000); biotechnology regulation (Levidow 2001, Peel, this book, chapter 10); food safety (Commission of the European Communities 2000c ...
... (Commission of the European Communities 2000a, Gullett et al. 2001); impact assessment (Gullett 2000); biotechnology regulation (Levidow 2001, Peel, this book, chapter 10); food safety (Commission of the European Communities 2000c ...
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... ( Commission of the European Communities 2000b , Stirling 1999 , Tickner and Kriebel , this book , chapter 3 ) . Thus for example , the EU sees science as an important and legitimate factor in the decision - making process.6 Second ...
... ( Commission of the European Communities 2000b , Stirling 1999 , Tickner and Kriebel , this book , chapter 3 ) . Thus for example , the EU sees science as an important and legitimate factor in the decision - making process.6 Second ...
Contents
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3 The role of science and precaution in environmental and public health policy | 42 |
lessons from a constitutional reform in France | 63 |
5 Precautionary policy assessment for sustainability | 88 |
PART II The Challenges Involved in Implementing the Precautionary Principle | 111 |
the development of frameworks for applying the precautionary principle | 113 |
lessons for judicial review | 182 |
10 Precautionary only in name? Tensions between precaution and risk assessment in the Australian GMO reulatory framework | 202 |
PART III Prospective Applications of the Precautionary Principle in Specific Fields | 221 |
11 A long and winding road? Precaution from principle to practice in biodiversity conservation | 223 |
12 Climate change and the precautionary principle | 245 |
13 The tension between fiction and precaution in nanotechnology | 270 |
integrating science and participation in the social appraisal of risk | 284 |
Index | 316 |
the precautionary principle in an Australian administrative context | 137 |
precaution in WTO decision making | 160 |
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administrative constitutionalism adverse effects agencies agreements analysis appraisal Article Australian biodiversity biodiversity conservation burden of proof challenges chapter ciple climate change Commission complex concerns considered constitutional context Court damage debate decision makers deliberative Dovers economic ecosystems environment Environmental Law European Commission European Communities European Union evaluation evidence example factors food safety framework global governance Gullett harm impact assessment implementation implications institutional International involved issues legislation level of protection ment merit review nanotechnology nature normative particular policy assessment political possible potential precaution precautionary approach precautionary decision precautionary principle prevention problems public health regime regulation regulatory relevant Renn requires risk assessment risk management role scenarios Schomberg scientific uncertainty sea level rise serious or irreversible social species SPSA standard of proof Stirling Strategic Environmental Assessment strategies Sustainable Development TBTA theory of administrative threats threshold Tickner tion tionary trade
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Page 240 - In view of the different contributions to global environmental degradation, States have common but differentiated responsibilities. The developed countries acknowledge the responsibility that they bear in the international pursuit of sustainable development in view of the pressures their societies place on the global environment and of the technologies and financial resources they command.
Page 255 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.
Page 137 - The Parties should take precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects, where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing such measures...
Page 255 - The ultimate objective of the Convention is to achieve the 'stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate...
Page 86 - Rapport fait au nom de la commission des lois constitutionnelles, de la législation et de l'administration générale...
Page 46 - All scientific work is incomplete - whether it be observational or experimental. All scientific work is liable to be upset or modified by advancing knowledge. That does not confer upon us a freedom to ignore the knowledge we already have or to postpone the action that it appears to demand at a given time
Page 88 - ARE: — to enhance individual and community well-being and welfare by following a path of economic development that safeguards the welfare of future generations...
Page 226 - Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area...
Page 39 - Where there is uncertainty as to the existence or extent of risks to human health, the institutions may take protective measures without having to wait until the reality and seriousness of those risks become fully apparent"; paras.