Precautionary principle
Origin: Lat. praeventum, principĭum
Do no harm; if the consequences of an action have potentially deleterious consequences or are unknown, then avoid that action. In a positive sense the principle might be seen as encouraging action if delay could increase costs or threatened negative consequences. In the international arena, in 1982 UN General Assembly adopted the World Charter For Nature; this was the first international endorsement of the precautionary principle. The principle has also been used in the 1987 Montréal Protocol and the 1992 Rio Declaration On Environment And Development.
Spanish: Principio de precaución
Sources and references
- Gollier, Christian, Bruno Jullien & Nicolas Treich (2000). "Scientific Progress and Irreversibility: An Economic Interpretation of the ‘Precautionary Principle’"view
- Fisher, Elizabeth, Judith Jones & Rene von Schomberg “ Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and Prospects”view
- Sunstein, Cass R., “The Paralyzing Principle: Does the Precautionary Principle Point us in any Helpful Direction?”view
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