Editing ISO 14000

'''See [[w:ISO 14000]]'''
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'''ISO 14000''' series standards starting with [[ISO 14001]] are for '''Environmental Management Systems''' or '''EMS'''.  They deal with the [[ecosystem health]] and [[human health]] impact of [[manufacturing]] and other businesses.  There is a [[rural ISO 14000]] effort dealing with [[agriculture]] and especially [[irrigation]] and [[fertilizer]] and [[manure]] handling.  It specifies among other things that pig farms can't be placed upstream from water reservoirs.

Stricter standards like [[Natural Step]] would require they go there, so that the pig farm would be forced to truly deal with all its waste.  This approach was proposed by [[Henry Ford]] and guides the [[Water Keepers Alliance]] today.

[[Natural capital]] protection and the desire to [[conserve habitat]] or to [[increase biodiversity]] are not covered directly by ISO 14000 series.  

[[China]] has committed itself to eventually meeting all ISO 14000 standards.

===External links:===
* [http://www.14000.org ISO 14000 User Forum] Vendor independent user forum dedicated to the ISO 14000 standards
* [http://www.ems-14000.com ISO 14000 EMS] A description of all of the constituent ISO 14000 standards

[[Category:Standards]]