The effective implementation of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) remains a global challenge due to its weak integration across science, policy, and development practice. This study proposes a transdisciplinary framework to address soil erosion through SLM, based on global analyses of soil erosion risk and SLM research, policy, and practices at the country level. Using indices of policy-development, science-policy, and science-development interfaces, the study evaluates the science–policy–development interface (SPDI) in 236 countries. Findings indicate that over 190 countries (81%) face moderate or high soil erosion risk, while 182 countries (77%) have a SPDI level below their erosion risk, underscoring the urgent need for a comprehensive framework. The proposed seven-stage transdisciplinary framework, ranging from shared research framing to ex-post evaluation, aims to enhance SLM implementation and support soil erosion mitigation efforts. Its practical application, illustrated through a recent project, highlights the necessity of country-specific studies to tailor effective frameworks for sustainable land management.
Tag: landscape conservation
Taita Taveta County Forest and Landscape Restoration Implementation Plan (FOLAREP) 2024-2032
Taita Taveta County faces pressing environmental challenges that call for a determined and strategic effort towards restoration and sustainable development. The Forest and Landscape Restoration Implementation Plan (FOLAREP) 2024–2032 serves as a comprehensive blueprint, thoughtfully designed to address the County’s complex ecological issues. It includes a thorough review of existing policies, identifies gaps, and harmonizes FLR-related regulations. A key milestone is the integration of FLR policies into the County Integrated Development Plan, aligning local efforts with national, regional, and global conservation goals.
The primary goal of FOLAREP is to accelerate Taita Taveta County’s contribution to the national target of restoring 10.6 million hectares of degraded landscapes by 2032- part of Kenya’s broader environmental commitments. Specifically, FOLAREP aims to restore 226,420 hectares of degraded land in the county through integrated forest and landscape restoration approaches that enhance ecological functionality and deliver socio-economic benefits.
Makueni County Forest and Landscape Restoration Implementation Action Plan (FOLAREP) 2024-2032
Makueni County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya. It borders Machakos County to the North, Kitui County to the East, Kajiado County to the West and Taita Taveta County to the South. It is also one of the 29 Arid and Semi-arid lands (ASALs) of counties in Kenya. The forest cover in Makueni County is 5.38 % while the tree cover is 12.47% according to the National Forest Resources Assessment (NFRA) Report 2021. The county has a population of 987,653 with an annual growth rate of 5.1% and poverty rate of 34.8%. Forests and landscapes in Makueni are under immense pressure both from natural and anthropogenic factors resulting in slightly more than 13% of the total county area being degraded (NFRA, 2021). There is illegal and unsustainable logging for charcoal production, wood fuel and timber that has contributed largely to loss of forest ecosystem goods and services. Whereas Kenya committed herself to the Bonn Challenge and AFR100 in 2016 to restore 5.1 million hectares of deforested and degraded lands in order to address the associated challenges identified in the Country, there are no joint or coordinated efforts in carrying out restoration in the County by different actors.
Fostering resilient institutional arrangements: Ensuring vertical and horizontal integration in parallel to enhance the interconnectivity among government agencies across sectors at provincial, district and village levels
Building partnerships to support people-centred land governance: A toolkit to foster collaboration between Government and Civil Society Organisations
This toolkit was designed as an evidence-based guide to support actors in forming partnerships that are context-specific, genuinely inclusive, and capable of expanding their impact over time. It is based on a review of the literature and research with multi-stakeholder partnerships involving government agencies and CSOs in the global south, as well as practices and tools of both CIFOR/ICRAF and ILC. The purpose is to provide a comprehensive framework for designing, implementing, and evaluating effective partnerships in land governance.
Sekilas tentang Kerangka Pengaman (Safeguard): Apakah Standar Sukarela Mendukung Kesetaraan Gender dan Inklusi Perempuan dalam REDD+?
Ringkasan
- Kaum perempuan dari Masyarakat Adat (IP) dan masyarakat lokal (LC) yang bergantung pada hutan memainkan peran kunci dalam pengelolaan hutan, namun sering termarjinalkan dalam pengambilan keputusan terkait dengan aksi yang dilakukan di wilayah hutan mereka.
- Secara umum, desain dan implementasi aksi REDD+ bisa saja mengulang kesalahan konservasi dan aksi pembangunan sebelumnya yang gagal mengembangkan responsivitas terhadap hak perempuan dan kesetaraan gender; standar safeguard dapat menjadi jalan untuk mengubah praktik ini.
- Analisis kami menunjukkan, meskipun perubahan persyaratan buta gender dalam safeguard layak diapresiasi, namun masih banyak hal yang perlu dilakukan.
- Sebagian besar standar mencakup sejumlah kriteria terkait gender mengenai hak atas lahan dan sumber daya, namun hanya satu yang secara spesifik menjamin hak perempuan IP dan LC atas tanah dan sumber daya.
- Standar yang ada memiliki cakupan persyaratan kesetaraan gender mengenai mekanisme pembagian manfaat REDD+; yang dimulai dari strategi untuk memastikan perempuan mendapat akses setara terhadap manfaat, hingga jaminan partisipasi perempuan dalam penyusunan mekanisme tersebut.
- Kendatipun begitu, hanya dua standar yang mensyaratkan bahwa mekanisme pengaduan harus responsif gender atau dapat diakses perempuan; ini merupakan aspek yang harus lebih diperhatikan untuk menjembatani kesenjangan antara potensi dan dampak nyata dari standar ini.
Stakeholder Identification and Analysis for ILM: A guide for landscape champions
Key Messages
- Stakeholder engagement is a precondition to Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) success. The higher the level of engagement, the greater the likelihood of success and sustainability.
- Stakeholder identification and analysis is complicated by diversity amongst stakeholders, which emerges from variable interests, different types of knowledge, and contexts. Most stakeholder engagement, identification and analysis approaches try to reveal and understand this complexity.
- Stakeholder analysis is strategic. It allows interventions to determine who they should engage with to succeed and which inter-stakeholder relations should be targeted for attention.
- The ‘strategic relevance’ of stakeholders is determined by the degree to which they are judged to influence a project’s success.
- There are usually competing or contradictory interests among stakeholders, often expressed as conflict. The presence of conflict amongst stakeholders should be assumed from the outset and can represent a significant risk to intervention success.
- The strategies used to engage with (and between) stakeholders will reflect their strategic relevance and can be brainstormed and deliberated through the development of a Theory of Change.
- Engaging with stakeholders calls for the deployment of ‘soft-skills’ such as mediation, facilitation, convening and negotiation.
- Stakeholder relevance and relations will change over the course of a project intervention. As such, stakeholder analysis is not restricted to the beginning of an initiative, but is necessary throughout its duration.