Connecting ecosystem services research and human rights to revamp the application of the precautionary principle

Holly J. Niner; Elisa Morgera; Andrea Longo; Kerry L. Howell; Siân E. Rees

doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00072-8

Connecting ecosystem services research and human rights to revamp the application of the precautionary principle

Holly J. Niner^*, Elisa Morgera, Andrea Longo, Kerry L. Howell, Siân E. Rees

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With ecosystem services (ES) vital for human wellbeing1, the protection of nature is a human rights matter. We outline how recent advances in international human rights law should inform a revamp of how precaution is applied within environmental decision-making. Critically, precautionary decision-making must evolve to make use of best-available evidence, including novel ES research approaches, to assess ‘foreseeable’ harms to all aspects of human wellbeing that are protected as human rights.

Original language	English
Article number	35
Number of pages	3
Journal	npj Ocean Sustainability
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00072-8
Publication status	Published - 24 Jul 2024

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nature
harms

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