This toolkit has been possible thanks to the generous financial support of the government of the Netherlands. The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity wishes to thank the following individuals and organizations for their critical contributions to this toolkit:
Frits Hesselink, HECT Consultancy, Netherlands, lead writer, researcher and project coordinator Wendy Goldstein, Macquarie University, Australia, for writing, researching, reviewing and editing texts
Tommy Garnett, Environmental Foundation for Africa for writing and reviewing texts Peter Paul van Kempen, Van Kempen Onderzoek en Advies, Netherlands, for researching, writing texts and assembling the CD Rom
Jinie Dela, Private consultant, Sri Lanka, for reviewing and editing texts
Andy Alm, Alm Consultants, USA, for assistance with the web surveys
The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication, Ramsar and Conservation International for making available CEPA expertise and networks.
HECT Consultancy, The Netherlands for making available extra resources in time and money for the project and adding a CD Rom with additional CEPA tools and information to the toolkit.