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4.7.2 Direct communication with stakeholders 
All forms of dissemination had higher levels of implementation apart from the category 
‘other’ which included forms such as website dissemination (fig. 31). Those that significantly 
explained the variation around the response variable upon logistic regression were; 
communication to local communities, local NGOs, international NGOs, and government 
bodies within the study region. Dissemination to practitioners was non-significant in the glm. 

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Fig 31. Relative importance of dissemination to different stakeholders. Levels of implementation were 
significantly higher when findings were disseminated to local communities (X
2
=15.7,p=<0.001), local NGOs 
(X
2
=14.31,p=<0.001), international NGOs (X
2
=20.01, p=<0.001) and local governments (X
2
=34.9,p=<0.001). 
There were marginally higher levels of implementation following dissemination to practitioners 
(X
2
=2.37,p=0.01) but not scientists. (In all cases, df=1) 
There were significant interactions between local community and local NGO (z=2.013, 
df=347,p=0.04), and international NGO and local Government (z=2.14,df=347,p=0.03), which 
made each factor insignificant as main effects. Further analysis of the interactions showed that 
if respondents answered either local community or local NGO, or both, the levels of 
implementation were high, whereas if they answered neither the implementation levels were 
significantly lower. Exactly the same pattern was seen for international NGO and local 
government, suggesting that dissemination to local communities or local NGOs serves the 
same purpose, and similarly for local governments and international NGOS, perhaps 
suggesting a level of communication between the groups.