Promote collaboration and partnerships among individuals public agencies private corporations and non-profit groups. Organizations and individuals form coalitions and partnerships to accomplish goals they cannot achieve alone.
Partnerships work because they bring together people with different areas of expertise.
Partnerships have been effective in tackling problems in areas as varied as public transportation, community health, pollution prevention, and wildlife preservation. It is terribly important that citizens, corporations and government sit down and talk about environmental concerns, economic growth and development, and the importance of equity and social issues as these circumstances and forces interact with each other. Achieving widely shared conomic prosperity among all the state's regions will require participation and dialogue among a broad cross-section of stakeholders who may not regularly exchange views. An ecosystem management team composed of TNC, GP, members of the local academic community, and state and federal agencies reviews any proposed activity on the land, including timber harvesting. While GP and TNC have sole decision-making authority, they rely on the expertise of the entire team.