In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason... Dictionary of Environmental Law - Page 249by Alan Gilpin - 2000 - 377 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| M. A. Pramanik - 1993 - 96 pages
...Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing costeffective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Principle 16: National authorities should endeavor to promote the internalization of environmental... | |
| Earth Council - 1994 - 346 pages
...Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Principle 16 National authorities should endeavour to promote the internalization of environmental... | |
| 292 pages
..."Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation."147 Excessive Exploitation of Nonrenewable Resources But today there is widespread agreement... | |
| A. C. Kiss - 1995 - 380 pages
...Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of mll scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. " On this basis sensible proposals aimed at achieving a more adequate protection of the environment,... | |
| M. Wood - 1995 - 164 pages
..."Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing costeffective measures to prevent environmental degradation". International environmental agreements are taking on increasingly more elements of this Finite supply... | |
| 1995 - 146 pages
..."Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation." See Interpreting the Precautionary Principle (eds. T. O'Riordan and J. Cameron), London, 1994. international... | |
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