 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
 | Michael S. Common - 1995 - 368 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. Article 130r, para. 2 of the Maastricht Treaty for the development of the European Community states... | |
 | Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann - 1995 - 186 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... | |
 | Nelson Mandela, David Kaplan - 2014 - 111 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. • National authorities should endeavour to promote the internalisation of environmental costs and... | |
 | Chia-Jui Cheng - 1995 - 382 pages
...Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainly shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation." 26 It is evident that on-going research in the field of atmospheric chemistry will provide important... | |
 | Najeeb M. Al-Nauimi, Richard Meese - 1995 - 1374 pages
...it declares that lack of full scientific certainty about serious or irreversible damage "shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation"3 . Policies and measures which are cost-effective, that is apt to ensure benefits at the... | |
 | Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Robert E. Hudec - 1996 - 516 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 generally Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Precaution, Participation, and the "Greening" of International Trade... | |
 | R. E. Munn, J. W. M. La Rivière, N. van Lookeren Campagne - 1996 - 250 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. 'Global change' is a major issue for both science and society. The Brundtland Report (see p. 100) has... | |
 | Donald Alford Sayre - 1996 - 252 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. ***lnternal Environmental Impact Assessment*** National authorities should endeavor to promote the... | |
 | Donald Rothwell - 1996 - 538 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.' Despite the attempt in Principle 15 to ensure that reliance upon the precautionary principle is not... | |
 | Mervyn Richardson - 2002 - 636 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 15). Agenda 21 provides a framework for action for the international community to promote... | |
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