Cross-sector challenges in Ethiopian forest and landscape restoration governance

Wiegant, Daniel; Mansourian, Stéphanie; Eshetu, Gete Zeleke; Dewulf, Art

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2023.02.003

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“…To date, cross-sectoral challenges in Ethiopian forest and landscape restoration governance have been poorly addressed. For example, agricultural and environmental policy objectives, targets, and restoration mandates at the sub-national level are incoherent, and land use planning instruments make it difficult to negotiate trade-offs and find synergies between sectoral policy objectives [43].…”

Section: Governance Challenges and Stakeholder Participationmentioning

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Karst Landscape Governance in the Guilin World Heritage Site, China

Zhao

et al. 2023

Heritage

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Sustaining karst landscape areas in World Heritage Sites under increasing human pressures and climate change is an emerging challenge. Growing evidence has highlighted the transition from traditional government-oriented regulation to the collaborative governance of different stakeholders in governing karst landscape resources. However, the complexity and dynamics of karst landscape policy and stakeholder networks are poorly understood. This study combined a legislative analysis, network analysis, and public survey to explore effective methods of karst landscape conservation in the Guilin World Heritage Site, China. The policy analysis showed that various national laws and local regulations have been enacted in China, but these regulations often focused on individual aspects of karst–human interactions. The network analysis indicated the complexity and relationship of networks in karst World Heritage Site governance at the national, provincial, and municipal scales. The majority of questionnaire respondents (65–89%) reported a medium and high level of karst landscape governance effectiveness. The insights in the present study may be valuable for other karst World Heritage Sites facing complex challenges, especially in developing countries.

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Section: Governance Challenges and Stakeholder Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%