Finlly a number of recommendations was adopted, some have a local aspect while others are very general. These recommendations were not requested by CAFF, nor were they presented to be considered specifically by the Working Group. Recommendations Ensure that communities consider the power and influence of the international community, in particular certain lobby groups, when developing management plans. Use traditional knowledge to inform decision making and management plans. Ensure that management bodies recognize and respond to community observations and respond to them in decision making.
Aboriginal people can provide many valuable observations about wildlife and the environment.
Provide funding for users for documenting traditional ecogical knowledge. Increased funding is needed now for traditional knowledge studies, because elders are dying without passing on their knowledge. Provide equal funding for both scientific and traditional knowledge . Do not set aside land so that people have no opportunity to continue their livelihoods. It is important to recognize that all people must make a living of the land.