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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Preventive mechanisms Examples 4. “Polluter Pays Principle” Application Examples 5. Access and Benefit Sharing … 2. Precaution Precaution (also referred to as the “precautionary principle,” the “precautionary approach,” and the “principle of the …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Specify the legal principle and identify sources and indicators . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 New Zealand: Precautionary principle and endangered species . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Australia: Precautionary principle and endangered species . . . . . . . …
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Shared resources: Issues of governance

… 173 10.3.2 Adopting the precautionary approach … Environmental Protection Strategy, it is based on the principle that management, planning, and development … concerning coastal management; (d) applies preventive and precautionary approaches in project planning and …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… for legislation 30 3.3.2 Adaptive management 32 3.4 Precautionary approach 33 3.5 Managing for invasive alien … area over the long term. This security is grounded in the principle that, even though officials may change, the … are discussed in Part III, Chapter 1, section 6.5. 3.4 Precautionary approach The precautionary principle is …
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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet

… agenda – universality, inclusiveness, sustainability, precautionary and integration – respectively imply that: (i) … using polluter pays approaches (sustainability) (iv) Precautionary approaches are essential for guiding change, as … international agreements (Target 16.10) and in line with Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration and the Bali Guidelines …
21 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 2.4.2 The precautionary principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … the Berlin Rules also explicitly incorporate the precautionary principle, stating that: “… in implementing …
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International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)

… protection. A few incorporate specific applications of a precautionary approach. The interlocking web of oceans … global develop- ments; for example, measures that embody a precautionary, go-slow approach to expanding a fishery in … that reduce incidental catch and marine debris. Another principle in the LOS Convention whose potential has yet to be …
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International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas

… intellectual property rights protected products; n the precautionary approach, enabling states to take restrictive … financing for protected areas, and its relationship to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities … 10 5 For example, the Polluter Pays principle and the Precautionary principle provide the framework within which …
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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… (Haddad et al., 2011). Such findings reaffirm the principle that it is better (where feasible) to protect … of the Climate Change Convention prescribes the taking of “precautionary measures” to mitigate the adverse effects of … Directive). The EU Court of Justice is clear that the precautionary principle plays an important role here: where …
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Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 90 5.5.2. Principle of prevention … environment Protection of human health Mitigation measures Precautionary Principle/Approach Protect watercourses Water … Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment, and the precautionary principle, among other things.297 The result is …
21 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater