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4. OBJECTIVES
4.1 The top-level objectives are principally those
described in the 5 guiding principles of sustainable
development (paragraph 3.8) and in the vision
(paragraph 3.13). Beneath those, and taking forward
proposals made in response to the 2004 consultation and
other reviews, we intend to pursue the following strategic
level objectives in 5 key areas:
National Level Governance
- To provide effective, strategic and adequately
resourced leadership
- To ensure better co-ordination of policy and
supporting activities
- To promote wider public awareness, understanding
and appreciation of the value of the marine and coastal
environments and the pressures on them
Sustainable Environment
- To enhance and conserve the overall quality of our
coasts and seas, their natural processes and their
biodiversity
- To integrate environmental and biodiversity
considerations into the management of marine related
activities
Sustainable Communities
- To maintain strong, prosperous and growing coastal
communities
- To support integrated marine and coastal management
at local level
- To identify means of working with natural processes
to protect against coastal flooding and to maintain
inter-tidal and coastal habitats of importance for
biodiversity
Sustainable Industries
- To improve capacity for planning the growth of
coastal and offshore developments
- To promote sustainable, profitable and well managed
marine related industries
Sound Science
- To develop better integrated, relevant scientific
data on the marine environment and the effects of the
pressures on it
- To increase our understanding of natural processes
and ways of working with them
- To understand the cumulative effects of activities
in the marine and coastal areas
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