Environment (Wales) Act 2016

4 Principles of sustainable management of natural resources E+W

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.