| Internal: education and human resource development
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- Empower employees/agencies to develop sensitivity to
ecosystem approach
- Using model, train existing employees to use ecosystem
approach
- Bring outside experts (credibility) to help staff implement
model
- Hire new staff with sensitivity/training in ecosystem
approach
- Work with universities to establish new career direction
- Provide mentoring opportunities
- Reinforce ecosystem ethic with "buddy systems" that cross
program areas
- Encourage joint projects with shareholders
- Utilize team building activities tied to environment
- Encourage joint outdoor activities between agencies and
stakeholders
- Conduct binational workshops on ecosystem approach to gain
better understanding of frameworks, approaches, and cultural
differences
- Hold internal training workshops that allow employees to
express what they already know, discover own biases, and learn
from others and self about systemic barriers to ecosystem
approach; use this process to empower key internal people who
will in turn lead the education/outreach activities within the
organization to gain senior management endorsement
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| External: how decision-makers can use an ecosystem approach to
establish a stewardship ethic among stakeholders
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- Provide simple, clear, interesting, and accessible
information (written materials, audio-visual materials, theater,
displays)
- Provide training on: "big picture" ecosystem approach;
specifics of economic development, pollutant sources, habitat,
etc.
- Conduct meaningful public participation (create roundtables,
advisory groups, town hall forums, problem solving workshops,
etc.)
- Serve as a network facilitator/coordinator (establish an
information clearinghouse, identify facilitators and resource
persons, link success stories, help people get resources, set up
and run a computerized mailing list and bulletin board)
- Build stewardship programs (support existing programs,
provide guidance and expertise, provide watershed umbrella
organization)
- Reach out effectively through media (celebrate successes)
- Support formal education programs (speakers' bureau, teach
the teachers, work with universities, establish internship
programs, link school programs to decision-makers)
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