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" 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 249
by Alan Gilpin - 2000 - 377 pages
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Transboundary Environmental Interference and the Origin of State Liability

R. Lefeber - 1996 - 384 pages
...the precautionary principle. Pursuant to this principle, "lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation". 4 ' 1 Notwithstanding the advance of the precautionary principle, manifestations of environmental degradation...
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Greening International Institutions

Jacob Werksman - 1996 - 364 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' (emphasis added). 83 See Epiney, A and Furrer, A, 'Umweltschutz nach Maastricht', Europarecht (1992)...
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International Law and the Conservation of Biological Diversity

Michael Bowman, Catherine Redgwell - 1996 - 350 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. There is now a large literature on this, see eg op. tit., n. 72 and sources discussed there, such as:...
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Les conflits de lois et de juridictions dans un espace économique intégré: l ...

436 pages
..."When 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." However, there seems to be no uniform understanding of the meaning of the precautionary principle established...
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United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory ...

Jean-Pierre Lévy, Gunnar G. Schram - 1996 - 856 pages
...there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall be not used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation." (Principle 15 of the UNCED Rio Declaration) 30. The FAO Technical Consultation on High Seas Fishing...
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International Law for Antarctica

Francesco Francioni, Tullio Scovazzi - 1996 - 710 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".14 To apply the precautionary principle to whaling would mean that a lack of full scientific...
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Law and the Environment: A Multidisciplinary Reader

Robert V. Percival, Dorothy C. Alevizatos - 1997 - 468 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 endeavor to promote the internalization of environmental costs...
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The Law of the Sea: The European Union and Its Member States

Tullio Treves, Laura Pineschi - 1997 - 622 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", Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 14 June 1992, Doc. A/CONF151/5, 1 May...
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Handbook of Environmental Law

United Nations Environment Programme - 1997 - 468 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...
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The Scarcity of Water, Emerging Legal and Policy Responses

Edward Brans, Esther J. De Haan - 1997 - 324 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" (31 ILM 874 (1992)). The level of harm triggering action within the framework of Principle 15 is higher...
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