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World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
Knowledge Management and Decision Support for Sustainable Land Management
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WOCAT is…
• …a global network of specialists working in the field of Sustainable Land Management (SLM)
• … a framework for Knowledge Management and Decision Support for SLM
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WOCAT’s Vision
WOCAT’s vision is that land and livelihoods are improved through sharing and enhancing knowledge about sustainable land management.
Photo: H.P. Liniger
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WOCAT supports innovation and decision-making processes in Sustainable Land Management by:
WOCAT's Mission
1) building up and coordinating a global network of SLM specialists
2) developing standardized tools and methods for knowledge management and decision support
3) managing a global knowledge base on SLM and presenting the information through different media
4) enhancing capacity of involved actors (research, training, education)
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The WOCAT Network
- Established in 1992
- Network 2014: Over 60 institutions worldwide (incl. Ministries, Universities, NGOs, International Centres, UN-Organisations, etc.)
- SLM experts, technicians, extension workers, planners, and decision makers (WOCAT target group)
- WOCAT is the primary recommended database for UNCCD reporting on SLM Best Practices
- Biennial International Workshop and Steering Meeting
The WOCAT Network
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National Initiatives
Individual Members
Institutional Members
International
Regional / National
Regional Initiatives
Steering Committee consisting of Consortium Partners, Director,
and Nominated Experts
Ad hoc Independent Expert Group
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Steering Committee has 9 Consortium Partners: •CDE•CIAT•GIZ•FAO•ISRIC•ICIMOD•ICARDA•SDC•University Kwa Zulu Natal (South Africa)
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WOCAT tools and methods
• Standardized questionnaires for documentation and evaluation of SLM technologies and approaches
• A global database for storage, search and exchange of SLM technologies and approaches
• A mapping tool for local and regional assessment of degradation and SLM (area coverage, degree and impacts)
• A decision support tool for selection and up-scaling of identified best practices using a 3-step framework
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SLM specialists and land users document best practices in the field.The collected information will be entered in the WOCAT Database.
Photo: H.P. Liniger
Documentation and evaluation of best practices
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Decision Support
Select appropriate SLM practices for upscaling.
Assess the costs and impacts.
Identify priority areas of intervention.
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Knowledge base – WOCAT outputs
• Database • Books and Brochures• Videos on Sustainable Land Management• Country Maps on Degradation and Conservation
(LADA)• Manuals, etc.• All available on Internet! www.WOCAT.net
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WOCAT Database
- More than 500 SLM Technologies and 250 Approaches from over 50 countries
- accessible online- linked to Google Earth- standardized and comprehensive, covering various land use
degradation and conservation types…- technical as well as socio-economic information
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SLM in Practice• Guidelines for Sub-
Saharan Africa• Principles of
Sustainable Land Management
• 47 case studies (best practices)
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WOCAT Overview book:where the land is greener
Setting new standards:• Global selection of
case studies: - 42 Technologies &- 28 Approaches
• Standardized presentation
• Analysis• Policy implications
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Desire for Greener Land•Options for Sustainable Land Management in Drylands •30 Technologies & 8 Approaches•17 mapping case studies
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Water Harvesting•Guidelines to Good Practice•18 Technologies of floodwater, macro-catchment, micro-catchment, and rooftop and courtyard water harvesting from all over the world
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Case study: Conservation Agriculture
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Case study: Agroforestry
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Case study: Level bench terrace
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Case study: Rotational grazing
Audio-visual messages from land user to land user
documented and presented in standardized WOCAT format
… enhanced through messages from land users
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• over 500 SLM specialists from 40 countries trained
• approx. 30 MSc and PhD studies
• studies on socio-economic and environmental impacts on-/off-site
• area cover: satellite image & ground truthing
WOCAT in research, training and education
Photo: H.P. Liniger
Hot Spots
Bright Spot
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Visit www.wocat.net
and join the network