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Next page The website emphasizes optimal sharing of CBNRM
knowledge. This leads to the following two overall design
principles: (1) cautious adaptation of the written word to the
format and medium of the Internet, and (2) form follows content
and function. The content is CBNRM knowledge, and the function
is to achieve optimal management and sharing of CBNRM knowledge.
The design is tailored to achieve this. The emphasis is on
communicating CBNRM knowledge fast, reliably and effectively
between members of the global CBNRM community of practice.
Design elements like, for example, images and graphics are
accordingly used very sparingly, while animations and audio and
video streaming are not used at all (a separate photographic
archive may be included at a later point in time). Reasons for
choice of design principles There are three main reasons for
this choice: (1) many CBNRM practitione