C23 Stakeholder engagement, capacity-building 
and sustained resourcing are critical to the 
success of adaptive management (well established)
{5.2.1, 5.6.2.1, 5.6.2.2, 5.6.2.4, 6.4.1, 6.5.3, 6.5.6, 
6.5.7}. Access to adequate and sustained financial and 
other resources, including international funding to support 
developing countries, underpins and improves the 
effectiveness of actions for long-term management of 
biological invasions, including eradication, control and 
ongoing monitoring, by, for example, providing access to 
modern tools and enhancing capacity to deploy them (well 
established) {5.3.1, 5.5.7, 5.6.2.1, 5.6.2.2, 5.6.2.4, 6.5, 
6.5.7}. Engagement by all stakeholders, governments and 
the private sector helps to optimize management of 
biological invasions in terms of economic, environmental 
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19SUMMARY FOR POLICYMAKERS
BACKGROUND
Box SPM 4 Working for Water programme: an example of management of invasive alien 
species leading to recovery of nature's contributions to people.