Science in the public process of ecosystem management: Lessons from Hawaii, Southeast Asia, Africa and the US mainland

The findings of an international workshop convened in Hawaii to explore the strengths of approaches used to assess stakeholder values of environmental resources and foster consensus in the public process of ecosystem management are presented. Field experience in projects throughout Hawaii, Southeast Asia, Africa and the US mainland, derive a set of lessons learned that could be applied to Hawaiian and other watershed partnerships in an effort to promote consensus and sustainable ecosystem management.