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Concept: precautionary principle in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/6623
Preferred label precautionary principle
Definition Principle adopted by the UN Conference on Environment and Development (1992) that in order to protect the environment, a precautionary approach should be widely applied, meaning that where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage to the environment, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.
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Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
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