Figure 1: Hierarchy of contaminated land outcomes

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This figure shows how the Ministry’s contaminated land outcomes relate to each other. The outcomes are in boxes stacked on top of each other and connected by arrows, providing a visual representation of the hierarchy of contaminated land outcomes and how they contribute to one another.

The highest level outcome “Environment protected (including human health” overlies “Fit for purpose land (maximising human and natural values” which overlies both “Good quality land maintained” and “Contaminated land managed/remediated to greatest extent practicable”.

Arrows between the lower level outcome boxes and the higher level outcomes signal that achieving the underlying outcomes is necessary to achieving the higher level outcomes.