Table 3, Elements of a communication strategy 4.1 COMMON BARRIERS FOR MAINSTREAMING SLM The DS-SLM Project strategy is to remove key global, regional and national barriers to scaling up of SLM through improved SLM decision support. Mainstreaming SLM during the DS-SLM project shall focus on overcoming identified barriers regarding policy, national, financial and technical involvement needed to support SLM activities in the long term. Most barriers for mainstreaming SLM rely on the lack of understanding on the real dimension and consequences of land degradation as well as the lack of understanding for not only the on-site but also the off-site benefits of SLM (e.g for DRR). Documenting good practices and producing scientific data, creatingevidence on DLDD problems and existing and potential SLM solutions is a fundamental activity for overcoming these barriers. A complexity of institutional, technology, market and financial aspects/ factors influence decisions to invest in land conservation as mention by Shiferaw (1998) and shown in Figure 7: Although land degradation’s economic, social and environmental impacts, the combat to land degradation is usually not fully integrated and prioritized into national processes. The implementation of SLM practices faces a wide array of barriers worldwide (political, institutional, economic and cultural barriers). These barriers need to be overcome through a process involving different institutions at different levels. degrees With different of maturity, countries have advanced in the process of integrating the combat to land degradation in national policy dialogue and project planning and implementation. Although countries have different contexts and characteristics, some common barriers for mainstreaming SLM have been identified in DS-SLM project countries as well as some opportunities for the DS-SLM project to contribute to mainstreaming SLM. Table 4. Common summarizes the barriers found by each barriers and Opportunities for mainstreaming SLM project country mentioned in their respective national project documents for the development of the Prodoc of the DS-SLM project. The analysis of opportunities is an input from the author. Common barriers and opportunities for mainstreaming SLM Table 4. BARRIERS POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAINSTREAMING SLM FOR MAINSTREAMING SLM (1/2) Institutional and political barriers
Table 3, Elements of a communication strategy 4.1 COMMON BARRIERS FOR MAINSTREAMING SLM The DS-SLM Project strategy is to remove key global, regional and national barriers to scaling up of SLM through improved SLM decision support. Mainstreaming SLM during the DS-SLM project shall focus on overcoming identified barriers regarding policy, national, financial and technical involvement needed to support SLM activities in the long term. Most barriers for mainstreaming SLM rely on the lack of understanding on the real dimension and consequences of land degradation as well as the lack of understanding for not only the on-site but also the off-site benefits of SLM (e.g for DRR). Documenting good practices and producing scientific data, creatingevidence on DLDD problems and existing and potential SLM solutions is a fundamental activity for overcoming these barriers. A complexity of institutional, technology, market and financial aspects/ factors influence decisions to invest in land conservation as mention by Shiferaw (1998) and shown in Figure 7: Although land degradation’s economic, social and environmental impacts, the combat to land degradation is usually not fully integrated and prioritized into national processes. The implementation of SLM practices faces a wide array of barriers worldwide (political, institutional, economic and cultural barriers). These barriers need to be overcome through a process involving different institutions at different levels. With different degrees of maturity, countries have advanced in the process of integrating the combat to land degradation in national policy dialogue and project planning and implementation. Although countries have different contexts and characteristics, some common barriers for mainstreaming SLM have been identified in DS-SLM project countries as well as some opportunities for the DS-SLM project to contribute to mainstreaming SLM. Table 4. Common barriers and Opportunities for mainstreaming SLM summarizes the barriers found by each project country mentioned in their respective national project documents for the development of the Prodoc of the DS-SLM project. The analysis of opportunities is an input from the author. Table 4. Common barriers and opportunities for mainstreaming SLM BARRIERS FOR MAINSTREAMING SLM POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAINSTREAMING SLM (1/2) Institutional and political barriers