4Principles 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.