Preferred term

PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE

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  • PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH
  • PRECAUTIONARY CONCEPT

Scope note

  • Principle, expressed in the 1992 Rio Declaration, that "lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation"

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URI

http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1005074

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