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... Ecological Economics: An Introduction - Page 534by Michael Common, Sigrid Stagl - 2005 - 592 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Calgary Institute for the Humanities - 1993 - 215 pages
...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 measures to deal with climate change... | |
| Biological Diversity & Genetic Resources Project, Promila Kapoor-Vijay - 1992 - 166 pages
...attack the causes of significant reduction or loss of biological diversity at source, Noting also that where there is a threat of significant reduction or...used as a reason for postponing measures to avoid or minimise such a threat, Noting further that the fundamental requirement for the conservation of biological... | |
| A. S. Bilderbeek, Simone Bilderbeek, Ankie Wijgerde, Netty van Schaik - 1992 - 236 pages
...the essence of biodiversity. accept that "where there are threats or serious or irreversibel damange, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation". Similarly, if we are serious about the implementation, enforcement... | |
| Michael A. Kuliasha, Alexander Zucker - 1992 - 918 pages
...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 also confirmed that the challenge of sustainable development... | |
| Subrata Roy Chowdhury, Erik M. G. Denters, Paul J. I. M. de Waart - 1992 - 450 pages
...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). The above mentioned points (comprehensive planning and management... | |
| Richard N. Gardner - 1992 - 100 pages
...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 measures to deal with climate change... | |
| Vandana Shiva - 1993 - 190 pages
...attack the causes of significant reduction or loss of biological diversity at source, Noting also that where there is a threat of significant reduction or...postponing measures to avoid or minimize such a threat, Noting further that the fundamental requirement for the conservation of biological diversity is the... | |
| Anthony J. McMichael - 1993 - 376 pages
...ahead 13.1 Science: dealing with uncertainty 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 protect environmental degradation. Ministerial Communique, Bergen Conference on Environment and Development,... | |
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