 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...  Negotiating Survival: Four Priorities After Rio - Page 75by Richard N. Gardner - 1992 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
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...principle is still unsettled, the core of which is reflected in Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration: "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."... | |
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...environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. ble institutions for the care of children. When considering solutions, due regard shall be p shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.... | |
 | Robert V. Percival, Dorothy C. Alevizatos - 1997 - 468 pages
...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 for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.... | |
 | E. Lauterpacht, C. J. Greenwood, A. G. Oppenheimer - 1997 - 832 pages
...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 for postponing costeffective measures to prevent environmental degradation."... | |
 | J. Lemons, L. Westra, Robert Goodland - 1997 - 340 pages
...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 for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental damage.51... | |
 | Sue Elworthy, Jane Holder - 1997 - 532 pages
...justiciable law.23 In Principle 1 5 of the Rio Declaration the precautionary principle is expressed as: 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.... | |
 | Alexandre Kiss, Dinah Shelton - 1997 - 670 pages
...the precautionary principle is contained in principle 15 of the Rio Declaration which provides that: "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."... | |
 | Paolo Ricci - 2005 - 506 pages
...15 of the United Nations Framework Conference on Environment and Development (1992). It states that: "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."... | |
 | Cosimo Quarta - 2006 - 284 pages
...environment, thè 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 for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation».... | |
 | Robert E. Goodin, Charles Tilly - 2006 - 942 pages
...principle. Probably the most cited version of the precautionary principle is the one in the Rio declaration: "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"... | |
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