Designing a new science-policy communication mechanism for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification

Akhtar‐Schuster, M.; Amiraslani, Farshad; Morejon, C. F.Diaz; Escadafal, Richard; Fulajtár, Emil; Grainger, Alan; Kellner, Klaus; Khan, Samar; Pardo, O. Perez; Sauchanka, U.; Stringer, Lindsay C.; Reda, Fasil; Thomas, Richard J.

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2016.03.009

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“…Additionally, these problems have featured hugely in scientific publications and warnings (Tolba and Saab 2009). Such problems that have been hugely addressed in the literature include, as an examples, air pollution (Ahmadi et al 2015;Li et al 2016a), climatic changes (Carleton and Hsiang 2016; Deutsch et al 2015), industrial effluents (Padmanaban et al 2016), desertification (Juřička et al 2016;Li et al 2016b), vulnerability of groundwater to external pollutants (Damak et al 2016;Iqbal et al 2014), land degradation (Akhtar-Schuster et al 2016;Kosmas et al 2016) and aquatic environment pollution with organic and inorganic pollutants (Shakeri et al 2015).…”

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A bibliometric-based evaluation on environmental research in the Arab world

Zyoud

Fuchs-Hanusch

Zyoud

et al. 2016

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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A bibliometric-based evaluation on environmental research in the Arab world

Zyoud

Fuchs-Hanusch

Zyoud

et al. 2016

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…It also highlights a need for partnerships that engage dryland and non‐dryland researchers in order to target those methodological areas where competences are currently lacking amongst dryland researchers (cf. Pinske & Kolk, ; Akhtar‐Schuster et al, ).…”

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A New Dryland Development Paradigm Grounded in Empirical Analysis of Dryland Systems Science

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Global drylands face a host of urgent human and environmental challenges with far-reaching impacts. Improving smallholder agriculture remains a key development pathway to tackle these challenges. The dryland development paradigm (DDP), introduced in 2007, presented a highly influential framework for dryland development based on systems research. This paper empirically derives a new, updated DDP. It assesses recent, cutting-edge dryland science, combining literature review with qualitative and quantitative analysis of research published by the world's largest dryland science and development research initiative. The new DDP comprises eight characteristics that are distilled into three integrative principles: Unpack, Traverse and Share. The new DDP is applied and tested to identify key dryland knowledge and development gaps. A future research agenda is then elucidated, grounded in a research in development approach, in which research anchored in the three integrative principles is embedded within the context it seeks to improve. Supported by greater trans-disciplinarity and knowledge co-production, operationalization of the new DDP can deliver both novel scientific insights and development impact in line with the aspirations of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

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“…In 2013, the AGSA's outputs were discussed at COP 11, leading to the establishment of the science-policy interface (SPI). Jointly managed by policy makers and scientists, the SPI would identify the UNCCD's knowledge needs on desertification and land degradation by discussing and synthesizing available scientific knowledge and channel its synthesis reports together with policy-relevant advice to the CST [34].…”

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Situating China in the Global Effort to Combat Desertification

Zheng-hong

Stringer

Paavola

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International efforts to tackle desertification led by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) support participatory approaches. The emphasis has been on dialogue between different perspectives, which are often grounded in individualism rather than prioritizing society as a whole, and as a result progress in implementation has been slow. China has made substantial progress in tackling desertification, but its approaches have been controversial, and the sustainability of its achievements has been questioned. While China has been active in UNCCD processes, its approach to addressing desertification has differed from those of other countries. China can thus offer important insights into the international campaign, while acknowledging that China can also learn from the efforts of others. We compare the UNCCD’s “bottom-up” approach and China’s “top-down” approach to better understand the challenges of tackling desertification. We examine the evolution in how desertification has been addressed and shed light on the context behind the changes, focusing on the role of science, policies, and public participation. We find a convergence between top-down and bottom-up approaches and that similar challenges have been experienced. Constant communications with outsiders have enabled adjustments and changes in both China and the international community, even though their approaches remain distinct. We conclude that both approaches are moving toward solutions that start from proactive investments of governments in financial, legal, institutional, and organizational aspects, draw on scientific insights, and which are grounded in the motivated and voluntary participation of non-state actors. Improved sharing of lessons across these approaches would help to create a better enabling form of environmental governance that contributes to tackling desertification.

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Designing a new science-policy communication mechanism for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification

Cited by 21 publications

References 32 publications

A bibliometric-based evaluation on environmental research in the Arab world

A bibliometric-based evaluation on environmental research in the Arab world

A New Dryland Development Paradigm Grounded in Empirical Analysis of Dryland Systems Science

Situating China in the Global Effort to Combat Desertification

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