The principle of shared, connected and specific roles builds on the fact that individuals, communities, industry and governments share the benefits from nature and therefore also share the responsibility of mitigating the risks imposed by drivers of change such as invasive alien species. This definition is a contextual application of the international environmental law principle of common but differentiated responsibilities (Stone, 2004) as it considers all parties as equally responsible for addressing the problem, but their knowledge and tasks are clearly differentiated based on their relationship to the problem; this is fundamental for a successful application of integrated governance for biological invasions (Figure 6.23).