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The Precautionary Principle inBiodiversity Conservation andNatural Resource Management
Rosie Cooney
The World Conservation Union
An issues paper for policy-makers,researchers and practitioners
IUCN Policy and Global Change Series No. 2
IUCNPolicy and GlobalChange Group
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The Precautionary Principle inBiodiversity Conservation andNatural Resource Management
An issues paper for policy-makers,researchers and practitioners
The Precautionary Principle Project: Sustainable Development,Natural Resource Management and Biodiversity Conservation
The Precautionary Principle Project is a partnership of IUCN, Fauna & Flora International,TRAFFICandResourceAfrica.Through abroadcollaborativeprocessofcasestudies,regionaland international workshops, and engagement with major international policy and decision-making arenas, the project aims to increase understanding of the meaning of the precautionary principle, examineitspracticalimpactsin termsof conservation, livelihoods and development,and develop “best-practice” guidance for its implementation in the context of sustainabledevelopment. The project runs until late 2005 and is supported by the European Union, IUCN,and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Biodiversity Precautionary Principle
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« prev | next »- I. Introduction
- The context of this study
- Background and objectives
- Structure
- 2. The meaning of the precautionary principle
- The core concept of precaution
- The content of the precautionary principle
- Precaution, prevention, and polluter-pays
- Precaution and science
- Development of the principle in environmental law and
- Biodiversity and general environmental law and policy
- Fisheries law and policy
- Forest law and policy
- Through what tools and approaches can precaution be
- Assessing conservation costs and benefits
- Equity and precaution
- Can precaution be “abused”?
- 5. Conclusions and current directions
- Towards best-practice guidance
- 6. References
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