Essays Tagged: "Precautionary Principle"

The Potential of Genetically Modified Foods

ould like to see more restrictions on biotech foods. They just may have their way, since under the "Precautionary Principle," American activist groups do not need to show scientifically that a crop is ...

(3 pages) 91 0 4.3 Feb/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

To what extent do you consider the concept and principles of sustainable development to be of use to environmental managers?

res should be undertaken. Few policies for risk management have created as much disagreement as the Precautionary Principle (http://www.biotech-info.net/science_and_PP.html). The precautionary princip ... ientific evidence has been put forward. Others state that when enforced in its strictest terms, the precautionary principle could end the advance in technological evolution, as new ideas can not be im ...

(8 pages) 169 0 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

Key environmental issues of GM versus nanotechnology.

ese sciences need to be slowed to be assessed and adapted for today's society. Policies such as the Precautionary Principle are ways to ensure that the sciences of both nanotechnology and genetic modi ... technology and genetic modification are assessed throughout the world at the same level. It is this Precautionary principle that enables science to be completely unbiased towards the overall nature of ...

(8 pages) 74 1 1.5 Feb/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Environment Exam

he earths carrying capacity would be important.2. Yes. One reason for the explosive interest in the precautionary principle in the international community during the last several years is its power to ... lresources of human intelligence in forming policies and practices that will protect the earth. The precautionary principle may be the intellectual result of our glimpse ofthe blue earth from space. I ...

(5 pages) 49 0 4.3 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Anticipation And Prevention

f action, along with the acceptance that nothing is ever for certain, has led to endorsement of the precautionary principle, which states that when there are "threats of irreversible damage, lack of f ...

(2 pages) 8 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Ecological economics addresses the relationships between ecosystems and economic systems in the broadest sense. How the business, stakeholder, manager that achieve ecological economic sustainability

(Shastri, et. al, 2008). Few policies for risk management have created as much disagreement as the Precautionary Principle (Shastri, et. al, 2008). The precautionary principle could be simplified as ... ientific evidence has been put forward. Others state that when enforced in its strictest terms, the precautionary principle could end the advance in technological evolution, as new ideas can not be im ...

(11 pages) 48 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers