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precautionary principle

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005135

An approach to decision making in risk management which justifies preventive measures or policies despite scientific uncertainty about detrimental effects.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005135
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsorisk management; uncertainty; ethics; human health and safety; environmental management; decision making; policy analysis
TranslationsSpanish: principio precautorio
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005135",
  "term": "precautionary principle",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An approach to decision making in risk management which justifies preventive measures or policies despite scientific uncertainty about detrimental effects.",
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "risk management",
    "uncertainty",
    "ethics",
    "human health and safety",
    "environmental management",
    "decision making",
    "policy analysis"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "principio precautorio"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/precautionary-principle/"
}

Record 5,135 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.