Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020 (LI 2020/174). Country/Territory New Zealand Document type Regulation Date 2020 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Environment gen., Cultivated plants, Water, Wild species & ecosystems, General Keyword Milk/dairy products Agro-forestry Irrigation Agricultural commodities Agricultural development Agricultural land Farming Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment Animal feed/feedstuffs Cattle Transport/storage Pesticides Fertilizers/nutrients Plant production Wetlands Water quality standards Indigenous peoples Pollution control Freshwater pollution Freshwater resources management Inland waters Wild fauna Aquatic animals Ecosystem preservation Freshwater fishes Migratory species Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes Entry into force on 3 September 2020. Abstract The Regulations are organised in 4 Parts. Part 1 entails preliminary provisions. Part 2 lays down standards for farming activities; it applies just to farms of a certain size and the listed farming activities are categorised into permitted, discretionary and non-complying activities. The activities considered under this part concern feedlots and stockholding areas (Subpart 1), agricultural intensification as conversions of plantation forestry to pastoral land use, conversions of land on farm to dairy farm land, irrigation of dairy farm land, use of land as dairy support land (Subpart 2 – these are temporary provisions and this subpart is revoked on 1 January 2025), intensive winter grazing activities (Subpart 3 – some of which are revoked on 1 January 2025), application of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser to pastoral land (Subpart 4 – further monitoring and information is required for whom operates a dairy farm). Full text English Website www.legislation.govt.nz References - Legislation Implements Resource Management Act 1991 (No. 69 of 1991). Legislation | New Zealand | 1991 (2022) Keyword: Basic legislation, Effluent waste water/discharge, Soil pollution/quality, Coastal zone management, Protected area, Water conservation zone, Inland waters, Land-use planning, Authorization/permit, Surface water, Groundwater, EIA, Protection of environment, Climate change, Sustainable use, Aquaculture, Mariculture, Freshwater resources management, Thermal and medicinal waters, Waterworks, Pollution control, Sustainable development, Water abstraction, Fertilizers/nutrients, Freshwater pollution, Biodiversity, Traditional rights/customary rights, Ecosystem preservation, Wild fauna, Wild flora Source: FAO, FAOLEX