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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 …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… limited to legal issues. It addresses such issues as the precautionary principle, adaptive management, and the importance of data … well-known examples of such general principles are the precautionary approach, the principle of avoided harm, and …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… and allocation of freshwater resources. These include the principle of equitable and reasonable utilization, as well as … Articles also mandate that “Aquifer States shall take a precautionary approach in view of uncertainty about the … that the Parties “shall be guided,” inter alia, by the precautionary principle, the principle of preventive action, …
The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers
… 61–72; Tuomas Kuokkanen, ‘Background and Evolution of the Principle of Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources’, … even when there is a lack of scientific certainty, the precautionary approach or principle has been used as a … for instance, calls on Par- ties in paragraph 3 to ‘take precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent or mini- mize …
Two dams on the Santa Cruz River in Argentina: Their impact on an irreplaceable ecosystem and on the hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) population, a Critically Endangered species endemic to Argentina
… material prepared by IUCN on EIA and SEA processes, the precautionary principle, the impacts of hydroelectric projects and …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… 5.5.2. Principle of prevention … Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment, and the precautionary principle, among other things.297 The result is … recognizes that it may sometimes be necessary to adopt a precautionary approach and to act even in the absence of a …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… for low controversy situations. They also tend to be precautionary. 2.3.2 Desk Top Analysis Methods in this … regime rather than pre-derived statistics. A fundamental principle is to maintain integrity, natural seasonality and … This would be the prudent corollary for exercising the precautionary principle with respect to new projects to …
Sources of international water law
… Recognising in particular that a fresh confirmation of the principle of Freedom of Navigation in a Statute elaborated by … of the above Articles; it being understood that the principle of the freedom of navigation, and especially … shall be guided by the following principles: (a) the precautionary principle, by virtue of which action to avoid …
GEO yearbook 2003
… into the environment, and also incorporates the precautionary approach and mechanisms for risk assessment and … to know, and greening of the industry; and ● Integrate the precautionary, life cycle, partnership, liability and … resource management”. 1995 Sustainable Development’. Rio Principle 20 reads: “Women have a vital role in environmental …