| English | Spanish |
| bitter principle | sustancia amarga |
| cause for concern principle | causa para el principio de alerta |
| cause for concern principle Principle connected with the precautionary principle: it means that, if there are strong reasons for expecting serious or irreversible damage to the environment following a given project, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Critics of this approach are concerned about large commitments of resources to deal with vaguely defined problems | causa para el principio de alerta |
| community-pays principle | principio de pago comunitario |
| community-pays principle A tenet of environmental policy, according to which the costs of ecological challenges, environmental quality improvements and the removal of environmental hazards are allotted to community groups or local corporations and, thereby, to the general public | principio de pago comunitario |
| competitive exclusion principle | principio de exclusión competitiva |
| co-operation principle | principio de cooperación |
| Declaration of Forest Principles | Declaración de principios sobre los bosques. |
| Guiding Principles on Invasive Alien Species | Principios de orientación sobre las especies exóticas invasoras |
| integration principle | principio de integración |
| "linkage" principle | principio de las "pasarelas" |
| non-dilution principle | principio de no dilución |
| polluter-pays principle | principio de quien contamina paga |
| polluter-pays principle The principle that those causing pollution should meet the costs to which it gives rise | principio contaminador-pagador |
| polluter-pays principle | principio de "quien contamina, paga" |
| precautionary principle Principle adopted by the UN Conference on Environment and Development (1992) that in order to protect the environment, a precautionary approach should be widely applied, meaning that where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage to the environment, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation | principio preventivo |
| preventive action principle | principio de acción preventiva |
| preventive principle | principio de acción preventiva |
| principle of common but differentiated responsibility | principio de la responsabilidad común pero diferenciada |
| principle of managed retreat | principio de retirada controlada |
| Principle of Prior Informed Consent | principio del consentimiento previo que se da con conocimiento de causa |
| Principle of Prior Informed Consent | Principio de Información y Consentimiento Previos |
| principle of relative stability | principio de estabilidad relativa |
| principle of sustainability | principio de continuidad |
| principle of sustainability Principle stated by the World Commission on Environment and Development (The Bruntland Commission) in 1987: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations. Sustainable development is a process of integrating economic, social and ecological goals, and should not mean a trade-off between the environment and development. Sustainable development should imply balance rather than conflict | principio de continuidad |
| principle of the common heritage of mankind | principio de patrimonio común de la humanidad |
| proximity principle | principio de proximidad |
| rectification at source principle | principio de corrección de los atentados al medio ambiente, preferentemente en la fuente misma |
| Rio Declaration on Forest Principles | Declaración de principios sobre los bosques. |
| Rio Forest Principles | Declaración de principios sobre los bosques. |
| subsidiary principle | principio subsidiario |
| subsidiary principle The fundamental doctrine or tenet that policy making decisions should be made at the most decentralized level, in which a centralized governing body would not take action unless it it is more effective than action taken at a lower government level | principio subsidiario |
| the principle that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source | principio de corrección de los atentados al medio ambiente, preferentemente en la fuente misma |
| trinity of principles | trinidad de principios |
| trinity of principles trias of environmental policy principles: precautionary, originator (polluter-pays) and cooperation principle; Three fundamental principles of environmental policy: precautionary principle, polluter pays-principle and cooperation principle | trinidad de principios |
| user pays principle | principio del "usuario-pagador" |
