Integrated Management is about making sure activities in one place do not adversely affect somewhere else. The Integrated Management chapter and the Kaitiakitanga chapter are closely linked, and together they guide all activities controlled by the Regional Plan. Draft policy topics will include:

• Te Mana o Te Wai

• Promoting integrated management Ki uta ki tai, (from mountain to sea)

• Applying the precautionary approach (e.g: exercising constraint on activities where information is uncertain and risks to the environment are potentially high)

• Integrating cross boundary management between regions

• Improving biodiversity

• The role of tangata whenua (in resource management)

Recognising beneficial use and development and early adopters of good practice.

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