The precautionary principle
The ecosystem approach and the precautionary principle
... When compared to the rich scholarly reflection on the precautionary principle, however, the scarcity of legal literature on the ecosystem approach is glaring. Three overarching areas for future legal ...
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The Precautionary Principle and Radiation Protection
... Declaration cited above with the version put forward as a consensus statement by many proponents of the precautionary principle known as the Wingspread Statement which[r] ...
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Prostitution policy, morality and the precautionary principle
... ‘precautionary principle’ currently dominates, with the burden of proof that prostitution is not always harmful lying with the government, who typically decline to compile evidence to demonstrate this and ...
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Prostitution Policy, Morality and the Precautionary Principle
... ‘precautionary principle’ currently dominates, with the burden of proof that prostitution is always harmful lying with the government, who typically decline to compile evidence to demonstrate this and ...
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REACH, animal testing, and the precautionary principle
... the precautionary principle and that favors “prudent pessimism” over “ hazardous opti- mism” in the presence of scientific ...the precautionary principle may be considered by some to be too ...
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Deliberating Precaution (and the Precautionary Principle) in the United Kingdom
... There are six key factors about the approach that are relevant to my research on the precautionary principle. Firstly, the interests approach suggests that scientists’ knowledge-claims embody, or are ...
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Genetically Modified Living Organisms and the Precautionary Principle
... (187) As far as can be seen, the “error” in the present discussion on GMOs within the EU lies in the fact that there is, despite the existing and continuing uncertainties as regards the long-term, indirect and cumulative ...
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Precaution and the Precautionary Principle: two Australian case studies
... the Principle applied fall into two main ...the Principle or its threshold ...the Principle, since the adoption of precautionary measures relies on the legislative objectives of fisheries ...
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The precautionary principle at work: The case of neonicotinoids and the health of bees
... The precautionary principle as a policy tool Using the precautionary principle in the presence of uncertainty can be explained by reference to public policy ...
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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION. on the precautionary principle
... Once the scientific evaluation has been performed as best as possible, it may provide a basis for triggering a decision to invoke the precautionary principle. The conclusions of this evaluation should show ...
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Model Uncertainty, Ambiguity and the Precautionary Principle: Implications for Biodiversity Management
... 3.2 Safety Standards in Stochastic Environments 3.2.1 Safety Standards under Risk Aversion Having de…ned the desired deterministic state as a benchmark we consider, in this section, the more realistic case where the ...
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The precautionary principle in environmental policy and the theory of choice under uncertainty
... incompleteness principle is a statement about the evaluation of ...the precautionary principle is typically presented as a guide to action in relation to proposed ...
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Coping with Uncertainty: Cost-Benefit Analysis, the Precautionary Principle, and Climate Change
... the precautionary principle greater content with reference to avoiding irreversible actions, keeping options open, and providing insurance against dangerous ...the principle requires a kind of ...
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The precautionary principle and public environmental decision-making in South Africa : an ethical appraisal
... The execution of the case study involved multiple "mini" case studies executed in five provinces of SA, namely Gauteng, North West, Limpopo, the Free State and Mpumalanga. The said provinces were chosen on the strength ...
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Feminist Perspectives on Breast Cancer, Environmental Health and Primary Prevention: The Case for the Precautionary Principle
... the precautionary principle based on weight of evidence of a problem rather than only the demand for scientific proof that a particular contaminant causes a specific condition even if some cause and ...
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The Precautionary Principle in the EU & Its Impact on International Trade Relations. CEPS Working Document No. 186, October 2002
... Broadly speaking therefore the precautionary principle says that where there is uncertainty, there is a high cost of inaction. As with the risk assessment, however, there are dangers associated with high ...
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The Humble Almond: Why Congress Should Institute the Precautionary Principle to Guide Regulation of Environmental Toxins and Food Additives
... Nauheim, David Alan (2009) "The Humble Almond: Why Congress Should Institute the Precautionary Principle to Guide Regulation of Environmental Toxins and Food Additives," Liberty[r] ...
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Better Safe than Sorry: Applying the Precautionary Principle to Issues of International Security. CEPS Working Document No. 196, November 2003
... the precautionary principle , these concerns are met by a developed and detailed procedure that prescribes the application of the ...the precautionary principle and pr e-emptive military ...
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The Precautionary Principle as a Heuristic Patch
... Keywords: precautionary principle; misclassification costs; scientific uncertainty; omission bias;.. affect heuristic; significance testing; signal-detection theory; behavioral economics[r] ...
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The implications of the precautionary principle for biological monitoring
... It notes the problems associated with assessing toxicological effects, but centres its attention on the crucial (yet far less discussed) w e a k n e s s e s in the[r] ...
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