N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 14-0109: Responsibilities of the council

§ 14-0109. Responsibilities of the council.

The New York ocean and Great Lakes ecosystem conservation council

shall:

1. Promote the understanding, protection, restoration and enhancement

of New York's ocean and Great Lakes ecosystems while promoting

sustainable and competitive economic development and job creation;

2. Ensure that community needs and aspirations are accommodated,

recognizing the interdependent goals of community well-being,

environmental quality and economic viability;

3. Define and implement an adaptive approach building upon existing

laws and programs to advance activities that affect coastal ecosystems

in order to ensure the coexistence of healthy ecosystems with human

activities;

4. Integrate and coordinate ecosystem-based management with existing

laws and programs;

5. Develop guidelines for agency programs and activities that affect

coastal ecosystems to advance the policy and principles delineated in

section 14-0103 of this article;

6. Encourage scientific research and information sharing that will

inform ecosystem-based management decisions and enhance ecosystem

management capabilities;

7. Use New York's private and public academic, research and non-profit

institutions more effectively in developing and advancing coastal

ecosystem-based management;

8. Facilitate regional coordination and cooperation to address complex

coastal resource issues which cross political and jurisdictional

boundaries.