To discuss how to integrate environmental management, economic growth, and good governance to improve biodiversity conservation in rural Africa, the Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) and the Community Conservation Coalition (CCC) held an 18 December 2002 Meeting to discuss the recently released discussion paper by USAID's Africa Bureau and partners entitled: "Nature, Wealth, and Power (NWP): Emerging Best Practice for Revitalizing Rural Africa". As the conservation community uses larger more holistic landscape approaches to conservation, larger issues that impact conservation outside of protected areas must be explored. Discussions focused on the relevance of the framework, principles and action recommendations identified in "Nature, Wealth and Power", and how it can be related to on-the-ground conservation activities in Africa.