We believe that:

• Environmental information should be accessible to enable people to take action, make choices and input regarding sustainable management of natural resources.
• The poor, and especially women, should be included in information sharing and training programmes designed to promote the effective management of natural resources at grass roots level.
• Effective management and conservation of bio-resources can increase the opportunities to discover or develop new products for food and medicine or agricultural crops derived from modern biotechnology applications.
• Support should be increased for investments in sound application of advanced sciences in Africa like biotechnology to boost food production and use new methods to manage the environment and reduce degradation and effects of climate change.
• The right of all citizens to have access to clean water and basic water services necessary to afford them a healthy environment on an equitable and economically and environmentally sustainable basis shall be supported.
• Empowerment of individuals and communities and improving the capacity of people to address environmental problems by encouraging action-based projects are a key to tackling environmental injustice.
• Programmes which aim to educate people about the links between consumption patterns and environmental degradation should be prioritized.
• Poverty leads to over-utilization of natural resources which may result in deforestation or land degradation.
• Sustainable management of natural resources by enhancing land productivity is a key for eradicating hunger and malnutrition and for improving food security in Africa.
• Local communities should be empowered and given opportunity to participate effectively in the design, management and operation of protected natural areas.