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245 00 $aPrecaution, environmental science, and preventive public policy /$cedited by Joel A. Tickner
260 $aWashington, DC :$bIsland Press,$cc2003
300 $axix, 406 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm
505 0 $aThe role of environmental science in precautionary decision making / Joel A. Tickner -- Elements of the precautionary principle / Romeo F. Quijano -- A cautionary tale / Barry Commoner -- Ethics, science, and precaution: a view from Norway / Matthias Kaiser -- Science, human rights, and the precautionary principle in Honduras / Juan Almendares -- Fisheries and the precautionary principle / Boyce Thorne-Miller -- Risk, uncertainties, and precautions in chemical legislation / Finn Bro-Rasmussen -- Chemicals policy and the precautionary principle: the case of endocrine disruption / Joe Thornton -- Uncertainty and global climate change: the case of mosquitoes and mosquito-borne disease / Alistair Woodward -- The precautionary principle as a guide to environmental impact analysis: lessons learned from global warming / Donald A. Brown -- Certainty claimed: science and politics in Canadian GMO regulations / Katherine Barrett and Stuart Lee -- Uncertainty and biodiversity conservation / Reinmar Seidler and Kamaljit Bawa -- Late lessons from early warnings: improving science and governance under uncertainty and ignorance / David Gee and Andrew Stirling -- Biodiversity conservation in developing countries: managing uncertainty in strategies and action plans to support precautionary action / Reginald Victor -- A living legacy: the precautionary ideal in American law / Sheila Jasanoff -- The precautionary principle in European community law and science / Theofanis Christoforou -- Precautionary assessment: a framework for integrating science, uncertainty, and preventive public policy / Joel A. Tickner -- Science in the service of good: the precautionary principle and positive goals / Mary O'Brien -- Toward sustainable chemistry / Terry Collins -- What could precautionary science be? Research for early warnings and a better future / Carl F. Cranor -- The children of the Yaqui Valley: precautionary science and communities / Elizabeth A. Guillette -- Science communication and precautionary policy: a marine case study / Cato C. Ten Hallers-Tjabbes -- Whose scientific method? Scientific methods for a complex world / Richard Levins -- Precaution, environmental science, and preventative public policy / Joel A. Tickner -- Scientists and the real world / Lee Ketelsen
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index
650 0 $aEnvironmental policy$vCase studies
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