Connecting ecosystem services research and human rights to revamp the application of the precautionary principle
Niner, Holly J. and Morgera, Elisa and Longo, Andrea and Howell, Kerry L. and Rees, Siân E. (2024) Connecting ecosystem services research and human rights to revamp the application of the precautionary principle. npj Ocean Sustainability, 3 (1). 35. ISSN 2731-426X (https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00072-8)
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Abstract
With ecosystem services (ES) vital for human wellbeing1, the protection of nature is a human rights matter. We outline how recent advances in international human rights law should inform a revamp of how precaution is applied within environmental decision-making. Critically, precautionary decision-making must evolve to make use of best-available evidence, including novel ES research approaches, to assess ‘foreseeable’ harms to all aspects of human wellbeing that are protected as human rights.
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Niner, Holly J., Morgera, Elisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5234-8784, Longo, Andrea, Howell, Kerry L. and Rees, Siân E.;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 90058 Dates: DateEvent24 July 2024Published17 July 2024Accepted25 April 2024SubmittedSubjects: Law
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > Environmental SciencesDepartment: Strategic Research Themes > Society and Policy
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Law School > Law
University of Strathclyde > University of StrathclydeDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 26 Jul 2024 12:31 Last modified: 01 Oct 2024 15:27 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/90058