... that removal of apiaries from such areas is unjustified. It is suggested in this paper that adoption of the Precautionary Principle could Significantly reduce this conflict. Instead of the focus being on obtaining definitive “proof” concerning possible impacts of honeybees, it could shift to finding ways...

... based not on a formal modelling procedure, but one based on the insights he has gained by a life- time of research and concern for our environment. It can be argued that Recher is not quite right, Stephen Garnett has a different point of view, but if the precautionary principle carries any wei ht...

... is the precautionary approach? Pp. 225-236. In Biodiversity and the Precautionary principle: Risk and Uncertainty. Edited by B. Dickson and R. Cooney. Earthscan, London. Biodiversity and the Precautionary principle: Risk and Uncertainty 225 236 Barkmann J. and Windhorst W. 2000. Hedging our bets...

..., the precautionary principle, old growth forests, to name but a few. We assume that people know what we are talking about but I am not sure that is always the case. And can we please find a substitute for "environmentally friendly"! Conflict is what a lot of reporting is all about - it is the tension in a particular...

.... Grayson, J. and Calver, M. 2004. Regulation of domestic cat ownership to protect urban wildlife: a justification based on the precautionary principle. Pp. 169-178 in Urban Wildlife: more than meets the eye, edited by D. Lunney and S. Burgin. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, Sydney...

...-spiral bays in eastern Cape, South Africa Marine Ecology Progress Series 35 217 222 Dovers, S.R. and Handmer, J.W. 1995. Ignorance, the precautionary principle and sustainability. Ambio 24: 92-97. Ignorance, the precautionary principle and sustainability Ambio 24 92 97 Dugan, J.E...

... to manage putative threats (possibly including other native species) prior to conclusive demonstration of their impact. In such cases, application of the precautionary principle may be justified to impose control actions, albeit any such management should be undertaken adaptively, with carefully-considered...

... of wild fishing and farming native marine species are complex and highly uncertain, and although Australia s fishery and aquaculture management practices strive to be highly precautionary, there remain many issues that are yet to be resolved. Central uncertainties include the widespread use of production...

... participation. To reverse the onus of burden of proof (Constable 1991) or adopt the precautionary principle to guide our decisions in novel ways is to put the power back with the people. We should beware the "tyranny of small decisions" winning over proper planning and "prognostic" studies (5- Fairweather 1993...

... globally agreed-upon scientific criteria. Agreement on overarching principles such as the precautionary approach and their interpretation can also assist. In most organisations, harm still has to be demonstrated before conservation measures will be considered. However, for most ABNJ sites available science...

... endangered. If we had included all species as endangered, such as may have been possible by a strict application of the precautionary principle (e.g. Whelan et al. 2004) where at least one expert considered it to be the case, then the endangered species list would have been 324 species. The 233 species...

...). Application of the precautionary Cann, J. (1998). Australian Freshwater Turtles . (Beaumont principle to taxa of uncertain status: the case of the Bellinger Publishing: Singapore.) River turtle. Endangered Species Research 14, 127 134. Cogger, H. G., Cameron, E. E., and Sadlier, R. A. (1993). Rhodin, A. G. J...

... and management. References Alcorn, J. 2014. Lessons Learned from Community Forestry in Latin America and Their Relevance for REDD+. Washington, DC, USA, USAID-supported Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities (FCMC) Program. USAID. Audla, T. 2013. Polar Bear Ban: A precautionary tale. Retrieved 11 June, 2017...

... in time it would be appropriate to exclude cattle from swamps as far as possible on the basis of the precautionary principle. The status of the species of bell frogs present within the region remains uncertain. Three species were apparently once common throughout the southern highlands (Thomson et al...

...: A precautionary tale. Marine Policy 39: 352 360. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). 2000. Policy on Social Equity and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources (International Union for Conservation of Nature Council: Gland). Interorganisational Committee on Guidelines and Principles. 2003...