Identify the immediate causes of each issue
Identify the sectors that contribute to the issue
Link the sectors to the appropriate immediate causes
For each sector, identify all the  underlying resource uses and practices  that contribute to each immediate cause
For each sector, identify the underlying social, economic, legal and political  causes of each immediate cause.
Determine the root causes
Link the resource uses and practices, and social, economic, legal and political causes
Many causes will have been identified during  the stakeholder analysis
This should be done in parallel to the  identification of the immediate causes
Also determine sectors and  immediate causes of the greatest priority
For each transboundary problem and immediate cause
These link to the underlying sectoral resource uses and practices and contribute to the immediate causes
Can be done in one of two ways: Sectorally or inter-sectorally
It is important to identify where the root causes are having most effect