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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Cynthia Olumba, Professor Guy Garrod, Dr Francisco ArealORCiD
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The discourse around the planning, monitoring, and assessment of land degradation neutrality (LDN) has been communicated strongly on global and national scales; however, there is relatively little information on the enabling environment that will support the achievement of LDN targets locally. Recognising the dearth of studies that apply the LDN concept at the local scale, this study investigated local stakeholders’ perspectives on the progress towards, and challenges around, establishing the enabling environment for achieving LDN. It developed and used an extended LDN enabler framework that incorporates the gender component of LDN. The data for this study were collected from stakeholders from sub-national and local institutions concerned with LDN in Nigeria. The study findings indicate the presence of several relevant institutions and policy instruments to support progress towards LDN. However, this did not create an enabling environment for land users due to the lack of sufficient funding, weak systemic capacities of the relevant institutions, and the operational challenges for delivering policy incentives. Moreover, shortcomings in the regulatory framework give rise to land tenure insecurity and gender-biased land administration systems. Also, the findings indicate that entrenched traditional norms are a major challenge in achieving gender-balanced LDN outcomes. The extended LDN-enabler framework developed in this study will extend the scope of future studies examining progress toward LDN at regional and local scales.
Author(s): Olumba CN, Garrod GD, Areal F
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Year: 2024
Pages: epub ahead of print
Online publication date: 16/02/2024
Acceptance date: 26/01/2024
Date deposited: 29/02/2024
ISSN (print): 0964-0568
ISSN (electronic): 1360-0559
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2024.2312446
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2024.2312446
Data Access Statement: The participants of this study did not give consent for their data to be shared publicly, so due to the sensitive nature of the research supporting data is not available.
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