Biodiversity
... Conservation is best achieved within the framework of integrated management, where consensus planning is used to establish agreed objectives for biodiversity at each level of management (local, regional, national), set within a national management framework. ... To be effective, conservation initiatives should be based on knowledge of the biodiversity. ... Failing to include the presently unknown elements of marine biodiversity within conservation areas, plans and strategies, and so failing to conserve them effectively - foreclosing on any potential options for their sustainable use and enjoyment. Failing to identify elements of biodiversity under threat such as rare and endangered species, endemic species with narrow distributions and vulnerable habitats.