Spatial assessments of soil organic carbon for stakeholder decision-making – a case study from Kenya
<p>Land degradation impacts the health and livelihoods of about 1.5 billion people worldwide. Given that the state of the environment and food security are strongly interlinked in tropical landscapes, the increasing need for land for food production, urbanization and other uses poses severa...
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doaj-7f2eaec7eaa244d3b06e2aefd5b37b792020-11-24T23:38:40ZengCopernicus PublicationsSOIL2199-39712199-398X2018-11-01425926610.5194/soil-4-259-2018Spatial assessments of soil organic carbon for stakeholder decision-making – a case study from KenyaT.-G. Vågen0L. A. Winowiecki1C. Neely2S. Chesterman3M. Bourne4World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, KenyaWorld Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, KenyaWorld Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, KenyaWorld Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, KenyaWorld Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya<p>Land degradation impacts the health and livelihoods of about 1.5 billion people worldwide. Given that the state of the environment and food security are strongly interlinked in tropical landscapes, the increasing need for land for food production, urbanization and other uses poses several threats to sustainability in the long term. This paper demonstrates the integration of land and soil health maps with socioeconomic datasets into an online, open-access platform called the Resilience Diagnostic and Decision Support Tool for Turkana County in Kenya, using the Stakeholder Approach to Risk Informed and Evidence Based Decision Making (SHARED) methodology. The paper highlights the utility of spatial assessments of soil organic carbon (SOC) for monitoring land degradation neutrality (LDN) compliance, understanding the drivers of SOC dynamics and inclusion of these in stakeholder decision-making. The main objectives of this paper were to (1) demonstrate the application of a systematic approach for land health assessments, including spatial mapping of soil organic carbon; (2) show an operational interdisciplinary framework for assessing ecosystem health and (3) showcase the application of evidence-based tools for stakeholder engagement using the SHARED approach. Through the approaches and tools presented, the paper addresses the increasing need for more integrated approaches when assessing and managing ecosystem health to meet the targets of the 2030 Agenda, including Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15.3. In addition to systematic and reliable biophysical and socioeconomic assessments, stakeholder engagement with evidence is crucial to support such integrated approaches.</p>https://www.soil-journal.net/4/259/2018/soil-4-259-2018.pdf |
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Spatial assessments of soil organic carbon for stakeholder decision-making – a case study from Kenya |
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Spatial assessments of soil organic carbon for stakeholder decision-making – a case study from Kenya |
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Spatial assessments of soil organic carbon for stakeholder decision-making – a case study from Kenya |
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<p>Land degradation impacts the health and livelihoods of about 1.5 billion
people worldwide. Given that the state of the environment and food security
are strongly interlinked in tropical landscapes, the increasing need for land
for food production, urbanization and other uses poses several threats to
sustainability in the long term. This paper demonstrates the integration of
land and soil health maps with socioeconomic datasets into an online,
open-access platform called the Resilience Diagnostic and Decision Support
Tool for Turkana County in Kenya, using the Stakeholder Approach to Risk
Informed and Evidence Based Decision Making (SHARED) methodology. The paper
highlights the utility of spatial assessments of soil organic carbon (SOC)
for monitoring land degradation neutrality (LDN) compliance, understanding
the drivers of SOC dynamics and inclusion of these in stakeholder
decision-making. The main objectives of this paper were to (1) demonstrate
the application of a systematic approach for land health assessments,
including spatial mapping of soil organic carbon; (2) show an operational
interdisciplinary framework for assessing ecosystem health and (3) showcase
the application of evidence-based tools for stakeholder engagement using the
SHARED approach. Through the approaches and tools presented, the paper
addresses the increasing need for more integrated approaches when assessing
and managing ecosystem health to meet the targets of the 2030 Agenda,
including Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15.3. In addition to systematic
and reliable biophysical and socioeconomic assessments, stakeholder
engagement with evidence is crucial to support such integrated approaches.</p> |
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