Participatory Evaluation of Monitoring and Modeling of Sustainable Land Management Technologies in Areas Prone to Land Degradation

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dc.contributor.authorStringer, L. C.
dc.contributor.authorFleskens, L.
dc.contributor.authorReed, M. S.
dc.contributor.authorde Vente, J.
dc.contributor.authorZengin, M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T18:51:58Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T18:51:58Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractExamples of sustainable land management (SLM) exist throughout the world. In many cases, SLM has largely evolved through local traditional practices and incremental experimentation rather than being adopted on the basis of scientific evidence. This means that SLM technologies are often only adopted across small areas. The DESIRE (DESertIfication mitigation and REmediation of degraded land) project combined local traditional knowledge on SLM with empirical evaluation of SLM technologies. The purpose of this was to evaluate and select options for dissemination in 16 sites across 12 countries. It involved (i) an initial workshop to evaluate stakeholder priorities (reported elsewhere), (ii) field trials/empirical modeling, and then, (iii) further stakeholder evaluation workshops. This paper focuses on workshops in which stakeholders evaluated the performance of SLM technologies based on the scientific monitoring and modeling results from 15 study sites. It analyses workshop outcomes to evaluate how scientific results affected stakeholders' perceptions of local SLM technologies. It also assessed the potential of this participatory approach in facilitating wider acceptance and implementation of SLM. In several sites, stakeholder preferences for SLM technologies changed as a consequence of empirical measurements and modeling assessments of each technology. Two workshop examples are presented in depth to: (a) explore the scientific results that triggered stakeholders to change their views; and (b) discuss stakeholders' suggestions on how the adoption of SLM technologies could be up-scaled. The overall multi-stakeholder participatory approach taken is then evaluated. It is concluded that to facilitate broad-scale adoption of SLM technologies, de-contextualized, scientific generalisations must be given local context; scientific findings must be viewed alongside traditional beliefs and both scrutinized with equal rigor; and the knowledge of all kinds of experts must be recognised and considered in decision-making about SLM, whether it has been formally codified or not. The approach presented in this paper provided this opportunity and received positive feedback from stakeholders.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEC-DG RTD-6th Framework Research Programme (sub-priority 1.1.6.3)-Research on Desertification-Project DESIRE [037046]; British Academy Research Development Award; Spanish Ministry of Science and InnovationSpanish Government [JCI-2011-08941]; Economic and Social Research CouncilEconomic & Social Research Council (ESRC) [ES/K006576/1]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank all the DESIRE study site teams and process facilitators, as well as the workshop participants and authors of workshop reports, for sharing their experiences. Special thanks to Albert Sole-Benet and Carolina Boix-Fayos of the Spanish study site team who were responsible for organizing, performing, and interpreting the outputs from the workshops and field trials. The research described in this paper was conducted in the framework of the EC-DG RTD-6th Framework Research Programme (sub-priority 1.1.6.3)-Research on Desertification-Project DESIRE (037046): Desertification Mitigation and Remediation of land-a global approach for local solutions. LCS, MSR, and JDV are also funded by a British Academy Research Development Award (the Involved project). JDV received funding from a "Juan de la Cierva'' research Grant (JCI-2011-08941) from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00267-013-0126-5en_US
dc.identifier.endpage1042en_US
dc.identifier.issn0364-152Xen_US
dc.identifier.issn1432-1009en_US
dc.identifier.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.pmid23868445en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1022en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-013-0126-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/31056
dc.identifier.volume54en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000344387800006en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSPRINGERen_US
dc.relation.ispartofENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectDesertificationen_US
dc.subjectSoil and water conservationen_US
dc.subjectStakeholder participationen_US
dc.subjectTechnology adoptionen_US
dc.subjectSustainable land managementen_US
dc.titleParticipatory Evaluation of Monitoring and Modeling of Sustainable Land Management Technologies in Areas Prone to Land Degradationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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