...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, taking into account that policies and...

...Development (Agenda 21) where it was identified. Principle 15 states that "lack of full scientific consensus shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environment degradation" where "there are threats of serious or irreversible damage". To meet the objective,...

...human activity in the Florida Keys. There is a developing body of evidence to prove that many nearshorc environments, those areas within a 1000 meters of...cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. 74 While this Principle initially sounds laudable, the way the statement is worded, it is not clear...

...for research in relationship to environmental management and environmental legislation. Principle 15 of the recently signed United Nations Conference on...known what to do. For instance, in response to the Crown-of-Thoms starfish plague in the Indo-Pacific, divers were sent out to "save the reef" by cutting...

..."Environmental measures must anticipate, prevent and attack the causes of environmental degradation. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation." They...

...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, taking into account that policies and...

...Environmental measures must anticipate, prevent and attack the causes of environmental degradation. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation' (Nr.7)....

...prevent, attack] or minimise the causee of, and mitigate the adverse consequences of, climate change. (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. 6. Statee 0*1 1 promote an open and balanced...

...Principle 15: In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there...costeffective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Principle 16: National authorities should endeavor to promote the internalization of environmental...

...health. 15) In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by states according to their capabilities. Where there...serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific knowledge, certainly shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effecting measures to prevent...