Governments and international organizations cooperate in identifying national and international sustained sources of funding to carry out integrated land use planning and management with full stakeholder participation. Governments promote capacity building, including leadership skills, so that communities and people's organizations, with special attention to women and youth, can participate in, or initiate local land use planning. Funding for upgrading of technical skills and training will be needed 2.2. Governments focus on financial support for a catalytic approach to start community participation processes at all levels. This should include capacity building of grassroots-level and voluntary associations.
Financial support can be more effective if it addresses causes instead of symptoms.
Governments incorporate indigenous knowledge and methods of land resources management into their policies and development programs and assist people's organizations to do likewise. Research will be needed to uncover this knowledge and incorporate it into formal databases and planning procedures. Governments develop criteria and performance indicators for sustainable land use, allowing flexibility for sub-national and local variations. Governments establish and strengthen conflict resolution mechanisms, in particular at the local level. If land reforms are considered necessary, these should be introduced in a gradual and progressive manner so as to maintain a minimum support of all stakeholders.