And in the US in 2023, we're still busy whittling down what little regulatory protections our wetlands still have (Sackett v. EPA)
I would like to see a wetlands version of Temple Grandin's guidelines for the beef industry that got widely adopted because McDonald's de facto enforced it. They give you a list of goals or standards and don't micromanage how to achieve it.
https://www.grandin.com/RecAnimalHandlingGuidelines.html#:~:....
Excellence requires some flexibility. Top-down dictates tend to set a minimum standard but frequently also de facto undermine the ability to hit a higher bar.