WP 6 - Objectives

Analyze policy issues related to use and trade of products extracted from palms and other plants and their management; promote sustainable management, targeting decision-makers with relevant information- and decision tools.

Specific objectives: 1. Analyze and describe political systems, rules and practices that influence use and trade of natural products. 2. Determine major obstacles to sustainable management from local to international levels, and identify ways to influence and change procedures and inject relevant information into political and administrative processes. 3. Target officials and policy-makers in local to national government and in major organizations with specific materials and management tools.