Natural Resources Policy Statement.

The Natural Resources Policy statement illustrates some of the key challenges, priorities and opportunities for the sustainable management of Welsh natural resources and sets out the relationship with the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act.
The Statement is organsied in six Chapters. Chapter 2 outlines the definition of the sustainable management of natural resources, and the delivery framework in the Environment (Wales) Bill. Chapter 3 illustrates the risks and benefits that natural resources provide, including the projected impact of climate change. Chapter 4 identifies some emerging priorities and opportunities for the sustainable management of natural resources at a national level which support building the resilience of Welsh ecosystems. These priorities deliver across the multiple challenges and help manage the pressures and threats to natural resources. Chapter 5 illustrates how the priorities and opportunities may be brigaded into different scales for implementation across different stakeholders. Chapter 6 describes the detailed relationship to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act and the Planning (Wales) Act.