Fertile ground? Options for a science–policy platform for land

Autores
Thomas, R. J.; Akhtar Schuster, M.; Stringer, L. C.; Marques, M. J.; Escadafal, R.; Abraham, Elena Maria; Enne, G.
Año de publicación
2012
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) remains the only ‘Rio Convention’ that is not well served by the scientific community and lacks the equivalent of an IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) or the proposed IPBES (Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services). The mounting pressures on land (and water) that can drive its degradation include population growth and associated food security concerns, over use, creeping degradation, competition between agriculture and renewable energy production, carbon sequestration and land acquisition by foreign entities. These environmental and human pressures clearly require urgent policy attention. We report the results of a survey of the scientific community on the need and possible options for a science–policy platform that focuses on land. The paper then describes the remit and role of an independent platform, the benefits and possible modalities that are inclusive and build on existing institutional structures. Both short-term and longer term options are presented that can respond to immediate needs while establishing a mechanism that can handle the interacting and sometimes overlapping aspects of land covered by other Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs). Short-term options include establishing a platform via an ad hoc working group within the proposed IPBES that would feed its outputs into the UNCCD and other relevant MEAs. Long-term options include a more polycentric approach, establishing a network of networks that could evolve into a fully-fledged Independent Platform on Land Degradation given sufficient support, interest and leadership from the international and donor communities.
Fil: Thomas, R. J.. United Nations University; Canadá
Fil: Akhtar Schuster, M.. Universitat Hamburg; Alemania
Fil: Stringer, L. C.. University of Leeds; Reino Unido
Fil: Marques, M. J.. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; España
Fil: Escadafal, R.. Ird; Francia
Fil: Abraham, Elena Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Enne, G.. University Of Sassari; Italia
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Land Degradation/Desertification
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spelling Fertile ground? Options for a science–policy platform for landThomas, R. J.Akhtar Schuster, M.Stringer, L. C.Marques, M. J.Escadafal, R.Abraham, Elena MariaEnne, G.Land Degradation/DesertificationPolicyScience/Policy/Platformhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.7https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) remains the only ‘Rio Convention’ that is not well served by the scientific community and lacks the equivalent of an IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) or the proposed IPBES (Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services). The mounting pressures on land (and water) that can drive its degradation include population growth and associated food security concerns, over use, creeping degradation, competition between agriculture and renewable energy production, carbon sequestration and land acquisition by foreign entities. These environmental and human pressures clearly require urgent policy attention. We report the results of a survey of the scientific community on the need and possible options for a science–policy platform that focuses on land. The paper then describes the remit and role of an independent platform, the benefits and possible modalities that are inclusive and build on existing institutional structures. Both short-term and longer term options are presented that can respond to immediate needs while establishing a mechanism that can handle the interacting and sometimes overlapping aspects of land covered by other Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs). Short-term options include establishing a platform via an ad hoc working group within the proposed IPBES that would feed its outputs into the UNCCD and other relevant MEAs. Long-term options include a more polycentric approach, establishing a network of networks that could evolve into a fully-fledged Independent Platform on Land Degradation given sufficient support, interest and leadership from the international and donor communities.Fil: Thomas, R. J.. United Nations University; CanadáFil: Akhtar Schuster, M.. Universitat Hamburg; AlemaniaFil: Stringer, L. C.. University of Leeds; Reino UnidoFil: Marques, M. J.. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; EspañaFil: Escadafal, R.. Ird; FranciaFil: Abraham, Elena Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Enne, G.. University Of Sassari; ItaliaElsevier2012-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/vnd.rartext/htmlapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/48440Thomas, R. J.; Akhtar Schuster, M.; Stringer, L. C.; Marques, M. J.; Escadafal, R.; et al.; Fertile ground? Options for a science–policy platform for land; Elsevier; Environmental Science & Policy; 16; 10-2012; 122-1351462-9011CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901111001729info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.envsci.2011.11.002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:38:15Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/48440instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:38:15.646CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fertile ground? Options for a science–policy platform for land
title Fertile ground? Options for a science–policy platform for land
spellingShingle Fertile ground? Options for a science–policy platform for land
Thomas, R. J.
Land Degradation/Desertification
Policy
Science/Policy/Platform
title_short Fertile ground? Options for a science–policy platform for land
title_full Fertile ground? Options for a science–policy platform for land
title_fullStr Fertile ground? Options for a science–policy platform for land
title_full_unstemmed Fertile ground? Options for a science–policy platform for land
title_sort Fertile ground? Options for a science–policy platform for land
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Thomas, R. J.
Akhtar Schuster, M.
Stringer, L. C.
Marques, M. J.
Escadafal, R.
Abraham, Elena Maria
Enne, G.
author Thomas, R. J.
author_facet Thomas, R. J.
Akhtar Schuster, M.
Stringer, L. C.
Marques, M. J.
Escadafal, R.
Abraham, Elena Maria
Enne, G.
author_role author
author2 Akhtar Schuster, M.
Stringer, L. C.
Marques, M. J.
Escadafal, R.
Abraham, Elena Maria
Enne, G.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Land Degradation/Desertification
Policy
Science/Policy/Platform
topic Land Degradation/Desertification
Policy
Science/Policy/Platform
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) remains the only ‘Rio Convention’ that is not well served by the scientific community and lacks the equivalent of an IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) or the proposed IPBES (Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services). The mounting pressures on land (and water) that can drive its degradation include population growth and associated food security concerns, over use, creeping degradation, competition between agriculture and renewable energy production, carbon sequestration and land acquisition by foreign entities. These environmental and human pressures clearly require urgent policy attention. We report the results of a survey of the scientific community on the need and possible options for a science–policy platform that focuses on land. The paper then describes the remit and role of an independent platform, the benefits and possible modalities that are inclusive and build on existing institutional structures. Both short-term and longer term options are presented that can respond to immediate needs while establishing a mechanism that can handle the interacting and sometimes overlapping aspects of land covered by other Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs). Short-term options include establishing a platform via an ad hoc working group within the proposed IPBES that would feed its outputs into the UNCCD and other relevant MEAs. Long-term options include a more polycentric approach, establishing a network of networks that could evolve into a fully-fledged Independent Platform on Land Degradation given sufficient support, interest and leadership from the international and donor communities.
Fil: Thomas, R. J.. United Nations University; Canadá
Fil: Akhtar Schuster, M.. Universitat Hamburg; Alemania
Fil: Stringer, L. C.. University of Leeds; Reino Unido
Fil: Marques, M. J.. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; España
Fil: Escadafal, R.. Ird; Francia
Fil: Abraham, Elena Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Enne, G.. University Of Sassari; Italia
description The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) remains the only ‘Rio Convention’ that is not well served by the scientific community and lacks the equivalent of an IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) or the proposed IPBES (Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services). The mounting pressures on land (and water) that can drive its degradation include population growth and associated food security concerns, over use, creeping degradation, competition between agriculture and renewable energy production, carbon sequestration and land acquisition by foreign entities. These environmental and human pressures clearly require urgent policy attention. We report the results of a survey of the scientific community on the need and possible options for a science–policy platform that focuses on land. The paper then describes the remit and role of an independent platform, the benefits and possible modalities that are inclusive and build on existing institutional structures. Both short-term and longer term options are presented that can respond to immediate needs while establishing a mechanism that can handle the interacting and sometimes overlapping aspects of land covered by other Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs). Short-term options include establishing a platform via an ad hoc working group within the proposed IPBES that would feed its outputs into the UNCCD and other relevant MEAs. Long-term options include a more polycentric approach, establishing a network of networks that could evolve into a fully-fledged Independent Platform on Land Degradation given sufficient support, interest and leadership from the international and donor communities.
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