Engage in a public dialog on goals, policies, and trade-offs. Dramatic improvements in ecosystem condition and capacity are possible when governments and nongovernmental organizations create opportunities to air diverse ideas about ecosystem management. Recognize the value of ecosystem services. Removing subsidies and explicitly pricing ecosystem services can be politically difficult but can promote more efficient resource use. Involve local communities in managing ecosystems.
Local communities are often the most prudent ecosystem managers.
Involving local communities can also yield a more equitable distribution of the benefits and costs of ecosystem use. For the full report, go to the website indicated at the beginning of this article. All packages have been compiled with a particular view on gender issues. The three packages mentioned above are available as attachments from the WNII editor. For those interested it is very recommendable to keep these files, as they are very useful archive tools, whenever you wish to check upon a particular agreement, because they include, among others, all the specific web references you could think of.