Abstract

GONZALEZ-ARRUTI, CARLOS IGNACIO. INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE: ATTENTION TO LIVING MODIFIED ORGANISMS (LMOs). Díkaion [online]. 2015, vol.24, n.2, pp.307-335. ISSN 0120-8942.  https://doi.org/10.5294/DIKA.2015.24.2.5.

One of the greatest challenges facing humanity in this century is to achieve sustained world economic growth in a way that ensures protection and conservation of the environment and food security for future generations. Environmental problems have ceased to be a theoretical field in the making and have become a benchmark for real phenomena perceptible by sectors whose various interests are affected. Commerce in safe and healthy food is essential for entrepreneurs, authorities and consumers worldwide. In drafting policies on food, countries must ensure a level of protection for people's health and lives, in addition to safeguarding social and economic interests, whether at the international or national level. In this article, the authors analyze the role of the precautionary principle in the field of biological diversity, with a special emphasis on the regulation of living modified organisms

Keywords : Precautionary principle; environmental risk; living modified organisms; Convention on Biological Diversity; Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

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