wise use of mires and peatlands - Peatland Ecology Research Group

FRAMEWORK FOR WISE USE121This consistency can be evaluated throughthe use of checklists. These checklists areintended to be taken in the context of thedocument as a whole. Each checklist only hasvalue as part of the framework illustrated inFigure 5/1. They are not intended to be takenout of context and should not be used assimplistic ‘ticking boxes’. The checklists canbe used to establish codes of conduct (§5.7).Agreed codes of conduct make it easier tojudge if a national or regional authority, or anenterprise, takes decisions in a mannerconsistent with the Framework.This Framework is intended to be consideredas a whole, and is illustrated in the followingdiagram (Figure 5/1). If a decision comesthrough the ‘decision in principle’ processwith a clear ‘yes’ then it can be examinedfurther under the elements of the‘implementation decision’ column. If it comesthrough with a ‘no’ it should be establishedif the ‘no’ is a genuine stopper or more areason to be cautious.It is unlikely that any proposal would achieve100% ‘yes’ under the ‘implementationDecision inprincipleImplementationdecisionsTest against Tables5/1 & 5/2 –Figure 5/2▲Test againstGeneralConsiderationsTable 5/3▲Test against theGuidance Principles –Checklist in Table 5/4▲Are there Modifiersapplicable which wouldchange any of theprinciples ?▲Is the proposedintervention in acountry which hasInstruments in placeas in Table 5/8 ?▲Does the enterprisewhich proposes tomake the interventionmake use of theInstruments inTable 5/10 ?Figure 5/1 Framework for making decisions on interventions in peatlands