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Actions must be defined to minimize adverse impacts and maximize positive impacts

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Stakeholders must be informed and involved in the follow-up process

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Follow-up programs must be designed in the pre-decision phase and conducted in the post-decision phase

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The project proponent must be responsible for mitigating adverse impacts and communicating follow-up results to other stakeholders

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It is up to the environmental agency to determine monitoring tasks and verify their implementation

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The community should be informed of the results of the follow-up and, ideally, should participate in the formulation and implementation of the programs

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There must be agreement between the parties on methodological and procedural approaches

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Procedures must be adapted to the legal and administrative, socioeconomic and cultural context

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Follow-up measures must be applied beyond the individual project level

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Monitoring and evaluation actions must be frequent and generate useful information for stakeholders, seeking to achieve the objectives of the follow-up programs

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There must be good communication mechanisms between different stakeholders to maximize learning through experience

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Stakeholder roles and responsibilities should be defined in pre-decision documentation

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Follow-up objectives must be clearly defined and established

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Actions must be proportional to the expected environmental impacts and adaptable to changes in the environment

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Follow-up activities must generate information and results that can be measured and evaluated in relation to well-defined criteria

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Follow-up must respond to short- and long-term environmental changes, covering all phases of the project

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Time, financial, human and capacity resources must be considered in advance, that is, in the design phase of follow-up programs