sec.7Environmental values for wetlands

sec.7 Environmental values for wetlands

The environmental values for wetlands to be enhanced or protected under this policy are the qualities of a wetland that support and maintain the biodiversity of the wetland, including the following— the health of the wetland’s ecosystems; the wetland’s natural state and biological integrity; the presence of distinct or unique features, endemic plants or animals and their habitats, including threatened wildlife and near threatened wildlife under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 ; the wetland’s natural hydrological cycle; the natural interaction of the wetland with other ecosystems, including other wetlands. In this section— biodiversity means natural diversity of living organisms, together with the environmental conditions and processes necessary for their survival, and includes each of the following— ecosystem diversity, that is, the diversity of the different types of communities formed by living organisms and the relations between them; species diversity, that is, the diversity of species; genetic diversity, that is, the diversity of genes within each species. (sec.7-ssec.1) The environmental values for wetlands to be enhanced or protected under this policy are the qualities of a wetland that support and maintain the biodiversity of the wetland, including the following— the health of the wetland’s ecosystems; the wetland’s natural state and biological integrity; the presence of distinct or unique features, endemic plants or animals and their habitats, including threatened wildlife and near threatened wildlife under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 ; the wetland’s natural hydrological cycle; the natural interaction of the wetland with other ecosystems, including other wetlands. (sec.7-ssec.2) In this section— biodiversity means natural diversity of living organisms, together with the environmental conditions and processes necessary for their survival, and includes each of the following— ecosystem diversity, that is, the diversity of the different types of communities formed by living organisms and the relations between them; species diversity, that is, the diversity of species; genetic diversity, that is, the diversity of genes within each species.

• (a) the health of the wetland’s ecosystems;
• (b) the wetland’s natural state and biological integrity;
• (c) the presence of distinct or unique features, endemic plants or animals and their habitats, including threatened wildlife and near threatened wildlife under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 ;
• (d) the wetland’s natural hydrological cycle;
• (e) the natural interaction of the wetland with other ecosystems, including other wetlands.
• (a) ecosystem diversity, that is, the diversity of the different types of communities formed by living organisms and the relations between them;