Sustainable Land Management

Stakeholder involvement is essential for mainstreaming sustainable land management (SLM), given the multi-level and cross-sectoral aspects of both the causes and consequences of land degradation. In the countries of Central Asia, where despite significant progress towards the development an active civil society over the past decade, the legacy of central planning is still tangible, concerted efforts in explaining the need for and ensuring the involvement of relevant stakeholders in land management planning, decision-making and implementation is particularly important. Thus in the course of the PDF-B special attention was paid to the involvement of relevant stakeholders in the project development and significant progress towards the establishment of cooperative working relations across different levels of governance within and between the two countries was achieved through trainings, participatory research, workshops, conferences and consultations. Stakeholder involvement and information dissemination efforts will continue during the implementation of the full project in line with the stakeholder involvement plan outlined below.

IDENTIFIED STAKEHOLDERS	INVOLVEMENT IN:	MANNER OF INFORMATION DISSEMINATION AND CONSULTING
1. Farmers and other primary users of land resources	Community level land use planning Development and implementation of concrete projects for improved land management Benefiting from and sustaining best SLM practices Demonstration &propagation of best SLM practices Evaluation of project impacts	Trainings, Workshops, Conferences Manuals Village forums Direct consultation
2. Research scientists	Identification SLM problems and opportunities in the Pamir-Alai mountains and development of Regional SLM Strategy and Action Plan Support in the development and implementation of community-based SLM micro-projects Participation in inter-disciplinary and participatory research, demonstration and propagation of the benefits of such research collaboration Monitoring & evaluation of project impacts, lessons on land degradation and human security	Trainings, Workshops, Meetings, Conferences Academic Publications Multi-media case studies Mass Media Direct consultations
3. Government officials	Project coordination, logistical and admin. support Policy, legislative and institutional reform development and implementation Monitoring and evaluation of project performance Up-scaling and replication of project lessons	Trainings, workshops, conferences Research reports and briefings Multi-media case studies
4. NGOs, private sector and other organizations	Extension services Awareness raising and best practice propagation	Trainings, workshops, conferences Mass media


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