Given present difficulties in achieving economic goals while maintaining environmental quality, it is apparent that conventional decision-making processes leave much to be desired. Alternative concepts and methods are designed to overcome the limitations of conventional decision-making (Savory 1988, Rakha personal communication 1995, Lee 1993):

• A long-term value-based vision is articulated.
• Goal-setting processes include all people interested in the outcomes of management.
• Any tool may be utilized but only if it is compatible with the long term social, economic, and ecological concerns.
• All strategies are treated with skepticism and are monitored for the first signs of unanticipated results.
• All research, management, and monitoring activities are conceived and implemented with the aim of accumulating and testing knowledge.

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