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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016/section-4",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2016/3",
  "legislation_title": "Environment (Wales) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016",
  "path": "section/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Principles of sustainable management of natural resources",
  "text": "In this Part, the “principles of sustainable management of natural resources” are—\n(a) manage adaptively, by planning, monitoring, reviewing and, where appropriate, changing action;\n(b) consider the appropriate spatial scale for action;\n(c) promote and engage in collaboration and co-operation;\n(d) make appropriate arrangements for public participation in decision-making;\n(e) take account of all relevant evidence and gather evidence in respect of uncertainties;\n(f) take account of the benefits and intrinsic value of natural resources and ecosystems;\n(g) take account of the short, medium and long term consequences of actions;\n(h) take action to prevent significant damage to ecosystems;\n(i) take account of the resilience of ecosystems, in particular the following aspects—\n(i) diversity between and within ecosystems;\n(ii) the connections between and within ecosystems;\n(iii) the scale of ecosystems;\n(iv) the condition of ecosystems (including their structure and functioning);\n(v) the adaptability of ecosystems.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/3/section/4",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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