Precautionary Tools for Reshaping Environmental Policy

By Myers, Nancy J.

Book Id: WPLBN0000157850
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Precautionary Tools for Reshaping Environmental Policy
Author:	Myers, Nancy J.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations., United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Disarmament Documents
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Publisher:	United Nations- Office for Disarmament Affairs (Unoda)


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Excerpt: Opponents of the precautionary principle often complain that it is not a sufficient tool for decision making. Theyre right? except that, as far as I know, no one ever said it was. It should be part of the process, but it can be only a part, and Myers and Raffensberger have put together an excellent guidebook for those who want to implement it. Perhaps theyll even convince some who still doubt its usefulness. The volume begins with a checklist of points that we should consider when decisions are being made. Nothing dramatically new?all good common sense, really?but the ideas are important and too often overlooked. The contributors then expand on the points and give examples of how they have?or have not?been put into practice. These illustrations are valuable intrinsically; also, when you are trying to convince your government to act, it helps to have examples of how other countries have taken similar action without dire economic or social consequences, and how doing nothing may turn out to be more expensive in the long run, or even the not-so-long run.