Precautionary principle under the cartagena protocol on transboundary movement of LMOs

The Cartagena Protocol, made under the Convention on Biological Diversity, aims at protecting the ‘human, animal and plant life and health’ by prescribing a high standard of precautionary principle. This has to be based on risk assessment. Thus, the importing countries of GMOs/LMOs have the right...

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Main Authors:	Ansari, Abdul Haseeb, Wartini, Sri
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2013
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/31444/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31444/1/AEB-13-1.pdf

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spelling	iium-314442013-09-11T10:22:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/31444/ Precautionary principle under the cartagena protocol on transboundary movement of LMOs Ansari, Abdul Haseeb Wartini, Sri K Law (General) The Cartagena Protocol, made under the Convention on Biological Diversity, aims at protecting the ‘human, animal and plant life and health’ by prescribing a high standard of precautionary principle. This has to be based on risk assessment. Thus, the importing countries of GMOs/LMOs have the right to invoke the precautionary principle provisions enshrined in the Cartagena Protocol and the exporting countries have to provide required relevant information. This is working well. However, there are certain controversial legal and ethical aspects that require to be revisited and have to be amicably settled so that there could be wider acceptability of the precautionary principle. It has been observed that a large number of states prefer international trade in GMOs/LMOs over protection of human health and the environment, some countries for a short-term economic gain ignore this aspect. Likewise, some scientists for the sake of name and fame or quick hauling of money, wish to introduce GMOs produced by them. The paper thoroughly discusses these and offers certain amicable solutions to them. American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2013-07-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31444/1/AEB-13-1.pdf Ansari, Abdul Haseeb and Wartini, Sri (2013) Precautionary principle under the cartagena protocol on transboundary movement of LMOs. Advances in Environmental Biology, 7 (4). pp. 636-652. ISSN 1995-0756
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) Ansari, Abdul Haseeb Wartini, Sri Precautionary principle under the cartagena protocol on transboundary movement of LMOs
description	The Cartagena Protocol, made under the Convention on Biological Diversity, aims at protecting the ‘human, animal and plant life and health’ by prescribing a high standard of precautionary principle. This has to be based on risk assessment. Thus, the importing countries of GMOs/LMOs have the right to invoke the precautionary principle provisions enshrined in the Cartagena Protocol and the exporting countries have to provide required relevant information. This is working well. However, there are certain controversial legal and ethical aspects that require to be revisited and have to be amicably settled so that there could be wider acceptability of the precautionary principle. It has been observed that a large number of states prefer international trade in GMOs/LMOs over protection of human health and the environment, some countries for a short-term economic gain ignore this aspect. Likewise, some scientists for the sake of name and fame or quick hauling of money, wish to introduce GMOs produced by them. The paper thoroughly discusses these and offers certain amicable solutions to them.
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author	Ansari, Abdul Haseeb Wartini, Sri
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title	Precautionary principle under the cartagena protocol on transboundary movement of LMOs
title_short	Precautionary principle under the cartagena protocol on transboundary movement of LMOs
title_full	Precautionary principle under the cartagena protocol on transboundary movement of LMOs
title_fullStr	Precautionary principle under the cartagena protocol on transboundary movement of LMOs
title_full_unstemmed	Precautionary principle under the cartagena protocol on transboundary movement of LMOs
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Precautionary principle under the cartagena protocol on transboundary movement of LMOs

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