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

… safe IUCN – The World Conservation Union The Precautionary Principle in Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resource … the precautionary principle 5 Precaution, prevention, and polluter-pays 8 Precaution and science 9 3. Acceptance of the … The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource …
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Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… Conference on the Human Environment, and in particular principle 21, which expresses the common conviction that … to the industrial use of solvents, three approaches can in principle be used: a product-oriented approach which, for … combustion rather than venting of captured vapours. 33. In principle, emissions that are released during refuelling of …
18 Jul 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… sub- sidiarity, conjunctive use and the precautionary principle. Water users should take part in developing … zones. Incentives for control of pollution apply the ‘polluter-pays-principle’ Under the ‘polluter-pays-principle’, …
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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… Introduction 19 2.2 Prevention 20 2.3 Precaution 21 2.4 Polluter Pays 22 2.5 Environmental Justice and Equity 23 2.5.1 … the law The role of the judge in environmental law is in principle no different from other settings, but for many …
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The valuation of ecosystem services: Are the challenges too many to ensure the maintenance of ecosystem integrity?

… principles of sustainable development, the precautionary principle and the ‘polluter paysprinciple. The problem that environmental principles …
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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… Concepts of Sustainable Development 65 1.4.3 Precautionary Principle 67 1.4.4 Polluter-Pays Principle 68 1.4.5 Principle of Preventive Action 69 …
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Issues in water law reform

… response to the High Court which would impose a "free flow principle", instead of the High Court's rules. A series of … the economic instruments by making operational the "user pays" and "polluter pays" principles. That is, the tariff for …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… in periods of heavy rainfall. equitable utilization: the principle that each state within an international drainage … PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL WATER LAW 3.1. Precaution 3.2. Polluter pays 3.3. Common but differentiated responsibility 3.4. …
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Rule: Reforming water governance

… of water resources. Acceptance and implementation of this principle requires positive policies to address women’s … MUST BE SUPPORTED BY LAWS AND RULES” Case 4.5 New York pays upstream users to keep its water clean New York City has … surface waters through economic incentives. Based on the ‘polluter-pays principle’, it will charge those …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… Police Power and Compulsory Acquisition United States 4, 5 Polluter Pays Principle India 1, 3, 5, 11, 35 Pollution Australia 6, 7 …
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