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An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… genetic modification 9 IV Cross-cutting issues 11 Box 6. Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration 13 V Overview of the … on Environment and Development and, in particular, the precautionary approach con- tained in Principle 15 and will: … use as food or feed, or for processing (LMO-FFPs); the precautionary principle; identification and documentation …
Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… in the Southern African Development Community Objective Principle of unity and coherence of each shared watercourse … actions, by the following fundamental principles: The precautionary principle, according to which action to avoid … to meet their own needs. http://leo.informea.org/terms/precautionary-principle …
The Law of the Sea
… in the Trail Smelter and Corfu Channel cases, and Principle 21 of the Stockholm Declaration; and Article 195 … to the notion of sustainable development, there are the precautionary principle, integrated ecosystem management, … http://leo.informea.org/terms/precautionary-principle …
The Fish Stock Agreement - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… 2. Objective and scope 3. Broader obligations 4. Precautionary approach 5. Compatibility of measures and … of states broader, stronger and more detailed. 4. Precautionary approach The widening of the obligations is, … (4)). While this is a treaty provision that applies in principle only between states that are parties to the 1995 …
Background document - 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement
… and management of such stocks must be based on the precautionary approach and the best scientific evidence … The Agreement also elaborates on the fundamental principle established in the Convention that States should … functions; - Establishing general principles, such as the precautionary and ecosystem approaches for the conservation …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… responsibility | State responsibility is a fundamental principle of international law, providing that whenever one … the notion of protection is therefore the need to adopt a precautionary approach. Such an approach provides that where … to prevent environmental degradation.318 Pursuant to the precautionary principle, a proportionate approach should be …
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 …