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Natural Environment Bill

Foundations - Environmental limits - What are environmental limits and why they are required

48: How environmental limits are expressed

You could also call this:

"How environmental limits are shown"

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When you look at environmental limits, they are expressed in two ways. You will see them as a biophysical state for a management unit. You will also see them as the amount of harm or stress to the natural environment permitted in a management unit.

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47: Who sets environmental limits, or

"Who decides the rules to protect our environment?"

49: Where human health limits must be set, or

"Setting limits to keep people healthy in our environment"

Part 2Foundations
Environmental limits: What are environmental limits and why they are required

48How environmental limits are expressed

An environmental limit must be expressed as—
a biophysical state for a management unit; or
the amount of harm or stress to the natural environment permitted in a management unit.