the protection of caspian sea environment in the framework of precautionary principle

The protection of the Caspian Sea environment as a common need of the Caspian littoral states is in the agenda of regional conventions and negotiations. Therefore, it is necessary to look at the new pillars of the development of the modern principles of international environmental law, such as precautionary principle, for decision-making and implementation in the field of protecting the Caspian Sea environment. It should be acknowledged that the protection of the Caspian Sea environment in the framework of the precautionary principle and a reasonable attention to harmful effects caused by non-compliance with this principle has a very effective role in protecting this water domain. Therefore, this research attempts to explain the importance of the precautionary principle in existing legal documents on the protection of the Caspian Sea environment as well as to determine the importance of this important environmental principle in development activities and the need to assess the environmental consequences of these activities in the Caspian region and within the framework of the precautionary principle , and to elaborate the obstacles in front of this principle and that the precautionary principle is precisely defined within the framework of environmental considerations for protecting the Caspian Sea environment.