Manual for capacity development for sustainable land management

Abstract

This manual is intended for SLM stakeholders in LDCs and SIDS and their advisors. This includes public servants and officials, programme managers, public and private decision makers, experts and academia as well as NGOs, associations and individuals involved in various sectors, including: agriculture, forestry, tourism, energy, extractive industries, infrastructure development, fire management, drought and coastal management. This also includes local stakeholders directly involved in land management (farmers, communities) as well as stakeholders involved in setting up legal and economic frameworks as well as the multiplicity of policies that exert a direct or indirect influence on land management nationwide. From the parcel of land to the capitals, a myriad of stakeholders intervene on land management issues. Developing their individual and collective capacity to understand and implement SLM is the purpose of this manual.