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International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2014

… 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 …
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Haze Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… fires within the context of sustainable development, Principle 2 and 15, the precautionary principle of the Rio Declaration. Parties to the 2002 ASEAN …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit

… an effort to protect human health and the environment. The precautionary principle is provided. We discuss as well the Polluter Pays … on modifying available resources from other countries. Precautionary Principle With the discovery of highly toxic, …
21 May 2026 Document

Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability

… on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1992) – which provides that precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the … a Most- Favoured-Nation basis (that is, according to the principle of equal treatment among different member state … standards that should be taken into account, namely: • the precautionary principle, as defined in the CBD Preamble (that …
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Large-scale marine protected areas - Guidelines for design and management

… critical habitats of many migratory species. • Exemplify a precautionary approach in the face of major climatic … the human dimension. • Deal with uncertainty by taking a precautionary approach that considers the sociocultural, … Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (2002) # Principle Explanation 1 Have no-take areas that are a minimum …
21 May 2026 Literature

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

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… Scope: This class illustrates the foundation of the principle of ecosystem protection and preservation in … Purpose: Participants will become acquainted with the principle of ecosystem protection and preservation and its … to protect is “a general application of the principle of precautionary action”,[7] which requires States to take …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers

… of pollution and waste and reinforces the polluter-pays principle articulated at the Earth Summit. „ The Future We … principle as a norm of customary international law.34 ƒ Precautionary Principle: The precautionary principle encourages legislators and regulators …
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ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests

… these give attention to the need to conserve biodiversity. Principle 6, Criterion 2 of the FSC, for example, states … during periods of high fire danger. Guideline 31: Special precautionary measures are required to protect populations, … Development Institute, London, UK. Cooney, R. (2004). The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and …
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Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals

… 1. A complementary set of goals and targets – An important principle for selecting goals and targets is that they should … Montreal Protocol provides an example in which states took precautionary measures to control ozone-depleting substances … methane releases from permafrost melting). Moreover, the precautionary approach provides a strong argument for acting …
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