What does the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) establish as its core overarching purpose in Section 5?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Promoting the sustainable management of natural and physical resources
- Step 1: Section 5 defines sustainable management as managing use, development, and protection of resources to meet human needs while safeguarding environmental life-supporting capacity. Step 2. It created an integrated environmental regime governing land use, water, air, and coastal resources. Answer: Promoting the sustainable management of natural and physical resources. Why not the others: It established a unified system of regional policy statements and district plans.
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