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Precautionary Principle

Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Environmental Laws > Sustainable Development > Precautionary Principle Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration, 1992 declares “Where there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation.” The Precautionary Principle […]

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Intergenerational Equity Principle

Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Environmental Laws > Sustainable Development > Intergenerational Equity Principle Intergenerational equity refers to equity between generations, which includes the needs of the future generation in the design and implementation of current policies. Thus intergenerational equity simply means a duty of present generation towards future generations i.e. the present […]