Perspectives on the Precautionary Principle

Part One - Introduction Introducing the precautionary principle Ronnie Harding and Elizabeth Fisher Part Two - The legal status of the precautionary principle The precautionary principle: Core meaning, constitutional framework and procedures for implementation James Cameron Will the precautionary principle affect environmental decision-making and impact assessment? JF Whitehouse An industry perspective on the precautionary principle J Segal The precautionary principle as a legal standard for public decision-making: The role of judicial and merits review in ensuring reasoned deliberation Elizabeth C Fisher Factoring biodiversity conservation into decision-making processes: The role of the precautionary principle David Farrier Part Three - Application of precaution through economics The precautionary principle as a key element of ecologically sustainable development MD Young Economic concepts and the precautionary principle and implementation of safe minimum standards David James Part Four - Uncertainty, risk and precaution: exploring the links Ignorance, sustainability and the precautionary principle: Towards an analytical framework Stephen R Dovers and John W Handmer Risk management, reality and the precautionary principle: Coping with decisions Gavan McDonell Part Five - Toxics, industry and precaution: What role for science? Is cleaner production the answer to the precautionary principle? Brian Robinson The precautionary principle, science and policy Malcolm MacGarvin Chemical assessment and the precautionary principle Warwick Pearse and Harley Wright Precautionary principles require changes in thinking about and planning environmental sampling AJ Underwood Part Six - Precaution, the community and the future Top down, ground up or inside out? Community practice and the precautionary principle Valerie A Brown The politics of the precautionary principle Tim O'Riordan The precautionary principle: Towards a deliberative, trans-disciplinary problem-solving process Elizabeth Fisher and Ronnie Harding Appendix Statements of the precautionary principle References/ Index