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.
The mission of this website is to promote the understanding and implementation of the Precautionary Principle for the management of new and emerging risks. The judgement of plausibility should be grounded in scientific analysis. Analysis should be ongoing so that chosen actions are subject to review.he Precautionary Principle is a strategy to cope with possible risks where scientific understanding is yet incomplete, such as the risks of nano technology, genetically modified organisms and systemic insecticides. The Precautionary Principle is defined as follows: