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

… effort to take on these questions, through empirical assessment and analysis. The framework it presents is a … debate about the principles. Transparency reduces the risk of political manipulation or unfair criticism. The … may reproduce social inequities, of course, is a risk that evaluators cannot ignore. Finally, the framework …
21 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… to Articles 15–16 and Annex III 105 Article 15 Risk assessment 107 Box 29. Examples of the types of scientific expertise and information for undertaking risk assessments relating to LMOs 109 Box 30. Categorization …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… the precautionary strategy is likely to require assessment of the relative conservation threats and benefits … the concept of proportionality between level of risk and measures adopted, and include some form of analysis … arenas and contexts may demonstrate varying levels of risk- averseness, due in part to their different objectives …
21 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

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

… clean technologies rather than simply to rely on an assessment of the risks of various levels of pollutant … to the threat itself. This may well be relevant to an assessment of the extent to which normal procedural …
21 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

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

… rise to a multitude of legal mechanisms, including prior assessment of environmental harm, licensing or authorization … that flows from the concept of prevention is prior assessment of potentially harmful activities. Since the … considered that a properly conducted Environmental Impact Assessment might serve as a standard for determining whether …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance