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

… Framework IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 87 Paul Martin, Ben Boer and Lydia Slobodian (Eds.) IUCN … content of the principle. There is no firm rule about what is a principle of environmental law. Some … activities’ in the reserve as well as the real risk of harm that could result to Maui’s dolphin along with other …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… introduced in the marine environment are likely to cause harm even when there is no conclusive evidence to prove a causal relation between … prevention of environmental harm should be the “Golden Rule” for the environment, for both ecological and economic …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… and Richard Tapper IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 46IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 46 IUCN – … has long been recognized that prevention of environmental harm must be “the Golden Rule for the environment”,35 for both eco- logical and …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners

… and practitioners IUCN Policy and Global Change Series No. 2 IUCN Policy and Global Change Group T h e P re c a u … for action to avoid serious or irreversible environmental harm in advance of scientific certainty of such harm. While … but does not determine a specific outcome (cf. a “rule”: see Dworkin, 1976). Principles provide flexible and …
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The Law of the Sea

… monitoring and environmental assessment, international rule formation, enforcement, safeguards against inept … or is likely to result in such deleterious effects as harm to living resources and marine life hazard to human …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law

… the author. M-08 ISBN 92-5-104140-7 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a … presumption is supported by a further general procedural rule that a criminal case must be proved "beyond all … unless evidence could be adduced that they caused harm. However, scientific evidence is seldom conclusive and …
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