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Phase Four: Implementation


Overview
LDN integration in existing land use planning systems is crucial for developing an enabling environment and producing a successful outcome. Success also depends on effective coordination between different policy elements and the compliance of and coordination between stakeholders.

Tools

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Tool

Description

Source

Restoration Opportunities Optimization Tool (ROOT)

Optimization tool developed by IUCN that supports selection of areas for restoration of ecosystem services

Restoration Opportunities Optimization Tool (ROOT) | Land & Water | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Land & Water | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (fao.org)

LADA Local Assessment tool

Process-oriented tool facilitating stakeholder participation and ownership of planning and implementation process by providing categorization and selection mechanism of activities based on local needs, resources

Microsoft Word - Local_manual_Part_2_final.doc (ipcinfo.org)

LUP4LDN

Participatory land use planning tool that integrates LDN and is applicable to all LUP phases

LUP4LDN – Land Usage Planning for LDN (scio.services)

Adapted land use optimisation tool

Adapted land use optimization toolincorporating land use quota system (specific to the Chinese planning context), based on three land use scenarios

SPI Objective 1 Technical Report_Advance Copy_Final_6May2022.pdf (unccd.int) - pp 63-4

Collect Earth

Open-source satellite image viewing and interpretation system providing land cover and land use reference data for classifying and monitoring land

Collect Earth Online

Analytical Hierarchy Process tool

Common multi-criteria analysis tool that uses pairwise comparisons to support identification of the best alternative and of relative importance of different criteria; useful for identifying most suitable land management options to satisfy stakeholder objectives

SPI Objective 1 Technical Report_Advance Copy_Final_6May2022.pdf (unccd.int) - pp 114 / AHP Online System - AHP-OS (bpmsg.com)

Multi-Attribute Utility Theory

Multi-criteria analysis tool that addresses complex decision problems and multi-stakeholder negotiations

SPI Objective 1 Technical Report_Advance Copy_Final_6May2022.pdf (unccd.int) - pp 114-5

Outranking tools

Use pairwise comparison to rank alternative plans; criteria importance is defined subjectively by stakeholders while performance of alternatives is determined by objective measurement of attributes for each criterion

SPI Objective 1 Technical Report_Advance Copy_Final_6May2022.pdf (unccd.int) - pp 115

Participatory Scenario Analysis

Visualization of different scenarios, ranging from best to worst cases, explored and negotiated in a group setting; goal is reaching common ground among stakeholders

SPI Objective 1 Technical Report_Advance Copy_Final_6May2022.pdf (unccd.int) - pp 117 / Participatory scenario analysis for integrated regional modelling - ScienceDirect

Resilience Diagnostic and Decision Support Tool (RDDST)

Process-oriented tool the facilitates knowledge-sharing between different groups involved in planning

SHARED Application | Landscape Portal