| Heidelore Fiedler - 2002 - 468 pages
...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,... | |
| Earth Council - 1994 - 346 pages
...by activities within their jurisdiction or control to areas beyond their jurisdiction. Principle 14 States should effectively cooperate to discourage...degradation. Principle 16 National authorities should endeavour to promote the internalization of environmental costs and the use of economic instruments,... | |
| 292 pages
..."precautionary approach," as the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development urged in Principle 15: "Where there are threats of serious or irreversible...postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation."147 Excessive Exploitation of Nonrenewable Resources But today there is widespread agreement... | |
| Anne Lorene Chambers, Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History - 1997 - 1388 pages
...Janeiro in June 1992. It states that "where there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not...for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent degradation" (UNCED, 1992). On the basis of this precautionary principle the limits of the carrying... | |
| Nelson Mandela, David Kaplan - 2014 - 111 pages
...prevent the relocation and transfer to other States of any activities and substances that cause • In order to protect the environment, the precautionary...cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. • National authorities should endeavour to promote the internalisation of environmental costs and... | |
| Michael S. Common - 1995 - 368 pages
...which should inform environmental policy. Thus, Principle 15 of the June 1992 Rio Declaration is that: In order to protect the environment, the precautionary...cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Article 130r, para. 2 of the Maastricht Treaty for the development of the European Community states... | |
| |