things, the ‘ISO 14000’ series includes standards for Environmental Management Systems and for ecolabelling . Some standards are imposed by law. The Resource Management Act, for example, empowers the Minister for the Environment to set national ambient environmentstandards (e.g. for water and air quality). However, in keeping with the voluntary approach, the Ministry for the Environment has so far opted to set guidelines only (see Box 4.1). The Act also empowers local authorities to set compulsory standards in the form of rules in district and regional plans, or as conditions in resource consents. Besides entering accords with industry, government also encourages voluntary initiatives in other ways. It publishes guidelines on better environmental practice (e.g. on cleaner production, riparian strip management), has helped set up an ecolabelling scheme , and helps fund environmental research and development projects through Crown Research Institutes (see Box 4.2), universities, local authorities and private consultants. Some of this funding comes from public sources as the Minister for the Environment’s Sustainable Management Fund , the Department of Conservation, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Government’s Public
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