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Precaution principles and practice in Australian environmental and natural resource management (pdf 190kb)

The paper looks at the use of the precautionary principle in relation to environmental and natural resource management in Australia.

The precautionary principle is a mandate to address uncertainty and to ensure that potential, though not well-defined or understood; hazards are taken into account in decision making.

The paper looks at the use of the precautionary principle in relation to environmental and natural resource management in Australia.

The paper addresses the following:
- origins and development of the precautionary principle
- the meaning of precaution
- criticisms of the precautionary principle
- application of the precautionary principle in Australia
- implementation guidelines

 

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