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Table 1. Steps for monitoring and assessment of the human dimensions of an LME, and of the use of its resources

1. Identify principal uses of LME resources
2. Identify LME resource users and their activities
3. Identify governance mechanisms influencing LME resource use
4. Assess the level of LME-related activities
5. Assess interactions between LME-related activities and LME resources
6. Assess impacts of LME-related activities on other users
7. Assess the interactions between governance mechanisms and resource use
8. Assess the socioeconomic importance of LME-related activities and economic and sociocultural value of key uses and LME resources
9. Identify the public's priorities and willingness to make tradeoffs to protect and restore key natural resources
10. Assess the cost of options to protect or restore key resources
11. Compare the benefits with the costs of protection and restoration options
12. Identify financing alternatives for the preferred options for protecting/restoring key LME resources