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Stakeholder-based knowledge mapping for re-establishing agroforestry systems in Central Asia

  • The existing land use policies in Central Asia are not well prepared to tackle current and future risks related to climate change, soil degradation, and increasing global and domestic demand for food, fiber, and biomass. In post-socialist countries with rather short traditions of state-led democracy, it is particularly relevant to strengthen the role of civil society and to test and experiment with participatory methods to increase the fairness, acceptance and effectiveness of policies for sustainable land use. As part of a collaborative project on agroforestry for livelihood improvement in Central Asia, we have developed a participatory method to formalize local and external expert knowledge as a means to inform strategy development for the wider adoption and re-establishment of agroforestry systems. In a sequence of collecting, visualizing, processing and feeding results back to local experts, our approach aimed at cocreating a semi-quantitative systemic knowledge map. Inspired by the MARISCO-methodology, this map included differentThe existing land use policies in Central Asia are not well prepared to tackle current and future risks related to climate change, soil degradation, and increasing global and domestic demand for food, fiber, and biomass. In post-socialist countries with rather short traditions of state-led democracy, it is particularly relevant to strengthen the role of civil society and to test and experiment with participatory methods to increase the fairness, acceptance and effectiveness of policies for sustainable land use. As part of a collaborative project on agroforestry for livelihood improvement in Central Asia, we have developed a participatory method to formalize local and external expert knowledge as a means to inform strategy development for the wider adoption and re-establishment of agroforestry systems. In a sequence of collecting, visualizing, processing and feeding results back to local experts, our approach aimed at cocreating a semi-quantitative systemic knowledge map. Inspired by the MARISCO-methodology, this map included different agroforestry practices, related ecosystem services, as well as factors contributing to or hindering the adoption of agroforestry practices. This paper outlines our systemic approach of formalizing knowledge from diverse stakeholders, provides a brief stepwise description of our developed methodology, and discusses its wider applicability.show moreshow less

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Author:Michael SpiesORCiDGND, Martin WelpORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-6205
URL:https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/89035
ISBN:978-3-948283-05-6
ISSN:1862-8680
Parent Title (English):Beyond post-Soviet: layered legacies and transformations in Central Asia
Series (Serial Number):Geographica Augustana (33)
Publisher:Institut für Geographie, Universität Augsburg
Place of publication:Augsburg
Editor:Matthias Schmidt, Rune Steenberg, Michael Spies, Henryk Alff
Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Year of Completion:2021
Publishing Institution:Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde
Release Date:2023/06/02
First Page:38
Last Page:48
Institutions / Departments:Fachbereich Wald und Umwelt
University Bibliography:University Bibliography
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Licence (German):License LogoKeine Nutzungslizenz vergeben - es gilt das deutsche Urheberrecht
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