CBM aims not only to generate the appropriate information for high quality service delivery but also seeks to strengthen local decision-making, public education, community capacity and effective public participation in local government.The Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network Coordinating Office and the Canadian Nature Federation. (2003). Improving Local Decision-Making through Community Based Monitoring: Toward a Canadian Community Monitoring Network. http://www.ccmn.ca/english/library/ccmn.pdf Ultimately, CBM is a tool to facilitate more inclusive decision-making on issues that are important to members of a community, including increasingly complex aspects of social, economic and environmental factors.The Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network Coordinating Office and the Canadian Nature Federation. (2003). Improving Local Decision-Making through Community Based Monitoring: Toward a Canadian Community Monitoring Network. http://www.ccmn.ca/english/library/ccmn.pdf
