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5 - Ignorance, Uncertainty and Biodiversity: Decision-Making by the Court of Justice of the European Union

from Part II - Legitimacy and Scientific Certainty: Environmental Adjudication, Use of Experts and the Limits of Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2019

By
Volker Mauerhofer
Edited by
Christina Voigt
Christina Voigt
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo
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Summary

Conflicts in conservation often include aspects of ignorance and uncertainty. This chapter concentrates on conflicts dealing with at least one of these aspects and occurring in connection with the EU Birds and Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directives. It offers practical examples of such conflicts regarding species protection as well as habitat conservation, based on several judgements of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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International Judicial Practice on the Environment
Questions of Legitimacy
 , pp. 146 - 164
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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