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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Peter Clough, Michele Lloyd and Mark Sowden for undertaking peer review. Helpful comments on drafts were provided by David Galt, Kevin Guerin and Joanna Smith. Thanks are also due to Maria Connor and Anand Kochunny for research assistance.
Disclaimer
The views, opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this Policy Perspectives Paper are strictly those of the author(s). They do not necessarily reflect the views of the New Zealand Treasury. The Treasury takes no responsibility for any errors or omissions in, or for the correctness of, the information contained in these Policy Perspectives Papers. The paper is presented not as policy, but to inform and stimulate wider debate.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Disclaimer
- Summary
- Introduction
- Key concepts
- Risk management framework
- Precautionary principle: origin, definitions and interpretation
- Application of the precautionary principle in New Zealand
- International practice
- Possible guidelines for New Zealand
- Conclusion
- References
- Appendix One
- Appendix Two
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Wednesday, 24 October 2007