14Guiding principles

14 Guiding principles

14 Guiding principles

In exercising its functions, the Commission is to have regard to—

(a) the principles of ecologically sustainable development, and

(b) the social and economic implications of its recommendations and advice, and

(c) an integrated approach to natural resource management issues, and

(d) regional variation in the environment, and

(e) indigenous knowledge of natural resource management, and

(f) State and national legislation and policies that are relevant to natural resource management.