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Regional Seas Agreements

… the 1992 OSPAR Convention obligates parties to apply the precautionary principle. This means that parties are to take measures to … monitoring and assessments. http://leo.informea.org/terms/precautionary-principle
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

The status of natural resources on the high-seas

… basis of the current state of knowledge, consequently a precautionary approach is advisable. Marine Protected Areas … and the extent of uses (both current and potential), a precautionary approach to the exploitation of these resources … et al, 2001) In addition, MPAs can embody an emerging new principle of international law – the precautionary principle. …
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Chemicals for a sustainable future; Report of the EEA Scientific Committee Seminar (Copenhagen, 17 May 2017)

… approaches are needed, as well as wider application of the precautionary principle in risk assessments. Critical properties of … wide range of activities, spanning from application of the precautionary principle and management of chemicals in the …
21 May 2026 Document

Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… resources managed on the basis of the subsidiarity principle; Taking into account, in particular, the Stockholm … extent possible, by the originator . ARTICLE 7 PRECAUTION Precautionary measures shall be taken to anticipate, prevent … that EC environmental policy shall be based on “the precautionary principle and on the principles that preventive …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… framework is needed to incorporate the polluter pays principle into sectoral policies and to ensure that polluters … Activities affecting wetlands should be governed by the precautionary principle where knowledge of ecological … prevention of environmental deterioration,136 the precautionary principle, the polluter-pays principle, …
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E2 - Prevention of Aquifer Pollution

… to avoid effluent in line with the polluter-pays principle. For landfills, regulations on siting, operation, … the core obligations of international water law, and the precautionary principle. 4.2. UN Draft Articles on … harm to other aquifer States. Aquifer States shall take a precautionary approach in view of uncertainty about the …
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 2 - Legal Mechanisms to Address Maritime Impacts on Mediterranean Biodiversity

… and dumping The definition of pollution in UNCLOS is precautionary and comprehensive: ‘the introduction by man, … by states and to be ‘a special application of a principle which underlies all international relations, and … wastes at sea, except for materials on a banned list. The ‘precautionary approach’ is a general obligation under LCP, …
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Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes

… 5 Section IV, The Precautionary Principle … reviewers. Re-introduction should be guided by the Precautionary Principle: re-introduction should not endan- ger resident …
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Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… The 1994 Second Sulphur Protocol acknowledges the need for precautionary measures to prevent transboundary air pollution … http://leo.informea.org/terms/precautionary-principle
21 May 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Judicial handbook on environmental law

… the law The role of the judge in environmental law is in principle no different from other settings, but for many … human rights, public health and safety, bioethics and the precautionary principle, and shall generally conduct their … • level of scientific certainty or uncertainty needed for precautionary action (e.g., Rio Principle 15 references a …
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