Gender equality is a human rights principle, a precondition for sustainable, people-centered development, and it is a goal in and of itself.

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As has been thoroughly documented by Lawrence Kogan of the Institute for Trade, Standards and Sustainable Development, the marine environmental protection requirements emanating from LOST are rooted in the European-derived "precautionary principle, " a legal tenet requiring assurance that a proposed action will cause no harm to the environment before proceeding.

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