Des Moines Memorial Drive is an 8 mile stretch of road that winds through the Highline Communities. In 1921, over 1,400 elm trees were planted to honor Washington citizens who died serving in WWI. The counsels of England, France, Italy and Belgium attended that original ceremony as well as two French Generals.
What is the most prominent science-based principle that influences international law today? The answer is undoubtedly the precautionary principle, which aims to promote only those policies whose likelihood of harm to both target and collateral populations is relatively small.
What does it mean? Introducing the precautionary approach, Principle 15 of the 1992 Rio Declaration states that âwhere there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradationâ.