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ENVIRONMENT > PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE

Preferred term

PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE  

Broader concept

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Entry terms

  • PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH
  • PRECAUTIONARY CONCEPT

Note

  • GEMET, LCSH, World Bank Thesaurus

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"

Identifier

  • https://lib-thesaurus.un.org/LIB/DHLUNBISThesaurus.nsf/fee3fb01c865ac5d85256cf400648b1f/2fa026b6f1ef696085257259005e937d
  • T0013704

In other languages

  • المبدأ التحوطي

    Arabic

  • المبدأ الوقائي؛ مبدأ وقائي؛ مبدأ الحيطة؛ مبدأ حيطة؛ النهج الوقائي؛ نهج وقائي
  • 预防原则

    Chinese

  • 预防方法
  • 预防概念
  • PRINCIPE DE PRECAUTION

    French

  • APPROCHE DE PRECAUTION
  • CONCEPT DE PRECAUTION
  • Принцип предосторожности

    Russian

  • PRINCIPIO DE PRECAUCION

    Spanish

  • CONCEPTO DE PRECAUCION
  • ENFOQUE DE PRECAUCION

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

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