A long and winding road? Precaution from principle to practice in biodiversity conservation

Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 223-244

  Cooney, Rosie ^a  

^a Biodiversity conservation and natural resource management ^*  (Australia)

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