Precaution and the Precautionary Principle: two Australian case studies

CONTENTS

Preliminaries
Contents, Preface, Abbreviations, Key points

1   Precaution and the Precautionary Principle
1.1   Applying precaution
1.2   Precautionary Principle definitions
1.3   Australian provisions for precaution
1.4   Two Australian case studies of precaution

2   Precaution in fisheries management
2.1   Uncertainty and precaution in fisheries management
2.2   Australian fisheries objectives
2.3   Australian fisheries management framework
2.4   Legal challenges to fisheries management decisions
2.5   Implications of the legal rulings
2.6   Summary of key points

3   Precaution in GMO risk analysis
3.1   Gene technology
3.2   Objectives of gene technology regulation
3.3   Australia's regulatory framework
3.4   Implications of the Regulator's focus on science based evidence
3.5   Implications of the Precautionary Principle
3.6   Summary of key points

4   Implications for implementing precaution
4.1   The basis for precautionary decision making
4.2   The application of precaution
4.3   The Precautionary Principle's contribution to decision making

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