Over the last decade the regulatory evaluation of environmental and public health risks has
been one of the most legally controversial areas of contemporary government activity. Much …

There seems to be a new and very popular game called 'precaution spotting'. The rules are
very simple–each contestant gains points for collecting examples of the precautionary …

Despite being typically represented and managed under the same policy umbrella, fishers
face different challenges than do their farming counterparts. This paper unpacks the findings …

Australia has been a leading jurisdiction in the adoption of the precautionary principle, with
widespread policy and legislative incorporation. This has paved the way for the …

There is growing evidence around the world of serious decline in biodiversity requiring
urgent application of precautionary risk management. A better regulatory regime for …

The increasing preparedness of Australian environmental managers to rely on the
precautionary principle when exercising their legislative powers is testament to the …

Hidden collapse refers to the existence of environmental indicators indicative of future
collapse of forests, even though the forest appears intact and not at risk of ecosystem …

More than a decade on from the enunciation of 'Principle 15'in the Rio Declaration, 1 debate
regarding the precautionary principle is shifting from issues of scope and definition to …

In the last two decades the precautionary principle has become an established feature of
environmental, public health and other risk regulation regimes in many different jurisdictions …