Section 4 Principles of sustainable management of natural resources

In this Part, the “principles of sustainable management of natural resources” are—

(a)

manage adaptively, by planning, monitoring, reviewing and, where appropriate, changing action;

(b)

consider the appropriate spatial scale for action;

(c)

promote and engage in collaboration and co-operation;

(d)

make appropriate arrangements for public participation in decision-making;

(e)

take account of all relevant evidence and gather evidence in respect of uncertainties;

(f)

take account of the benefits and intrinsic value of natural resources and ecosystems;

(g)

take account of the short, medium and long term consequences of actions;

(h)

take action to prevent significant damage to ecosystems;

(i)

take account of the resilience of ecosystems, in particular the following aspects—

(i)

diversity between and within ecosystems;

(ii)

the connections between and within ecosystems;

(iii)

the scale of ecosystems;

(iv)

the condition of ecosystems (including their structure and functioning);

(v)

the adaptability of ecosystems.