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This policy discusses land use and soils within the context of Biodiversity and Environmental Regeneration, alongside our Freshwater and Marine Policies.  Land health is impacted by human activity, including Agriculture, Forestry, Housing and Sustainable Communities, Waste and Hazardous Substances, and Climate Change. Resource extraction from land can be minimised through resource and Waste management, including circular economy practices.

For our response to colonial land dispossession, please see our Kaupapa Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi Policies.