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Key takeaways
- Be clear about what you want to change. Advocacy should identify the decision, policy, practice or public understanding being targeted, who has the power to change it and where opportunities for influence exist.
- Ground advocacy in evidence and make information usable. Use research, science and law to build credible, effective advocacy, while making technical information clear and accessible.
- Use different approaches for different purposes. Use media, policy engagement, legal action, community organising, public education, storytelling and the creative arts in ways suited to different advocacy goals.
- Strengthen alliances, coordination and spaces for exchange. Build stronger relationships among civil society organisations, communities and partners, while sustaining regional spaces for sharing knowledge and strategies.
- Recognise the pressures on people doing advocacy. Address fatigue, limited resources, capacity constraints and risks to environmental defenders by strengthening care, support and organisational resilience.