Call for Case Studies on Policy Coherence for Ecosystem Restoration in Landscapes

Call for Case Studies on Policy Coherence for Ecosystem Restoration in Landscapes
For seascape and landscape restoration, achieving or improving policy coherence and integration is crucial to avoid ineffective actions and conflicting restoration outcomes, to promote landscape governance and ultimately to achieve long-term positive impact. However, there are challenges at each level of governance (i.e. supranational, national, sub-national, landscape) due to a variety of factors (e.g. limited cross-sectoral coordination, siloed mandates, conflicting priorities) that can affect collaboration among stakeholders and disrupt both horizontal (across sectors or institutions at the same level) and vertical (across different levels of governance).

To help address these challenges, the FAO-led Task Force on Best Practices for the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration developed a Capacity, Knowledge and Learning Action Plan which includes, among others, one initiative called “Restoration Policy Facility” to enhance capacities of restoration actors to advocate for policies that support and incentivize effective and inclusive ecosystem restoration in all types of ecosystems. As part of this initiative and under the leadership of Commonland, the World Resources Institute and FAO, the Task Force is documenting good practices that have been shown to improve policy coherence or policy integration across a range of geographies and ecosystems in landscape and seascape restoration initiatives. We aim to build and share a repository of good practices, illustrating the range of actions that have been effective in improving policy coherence in support of landscape restoration initiatives.

We define a landscape as a socio-ecological system that consists of interconnected natural and/or human-modified land and water ecosystems, and which is influenced by distinct ecological, historical, political, economic and sociocultural processes and activities. Where water is the dominant feature, this can also be referred to as a waterscape; where oceans are predominant, this can be referred to as a seascape. For simplicity, we will mostly use the term landscapes to refer to all the above.

Instructions
- The survey is open to any landscape or seascape restoration initiative, regardless of who is leading it (e.g. Governments, communities, Indigenous Peoples, NGOs).
- All participation is voluntary. The estimated completion time is approximately 45 minutes.
- You can read through the form and save progress.
- Where a question does not apply, please add N/A to be able to save and move forward.
- Selected case studies will be used as part of policy coherence and governance research, published in a compendium and other publications, and presented at international events to facilitate knowledge sharing.
The survey can be filled out in English and in Spanish.

Thank you for your participation and your valuable input!

If you have any question about the survey, please contact victoria.gutierrez@commonland.com
Name of the Landscape Restoration initiative*
Starting date of Landscape Restoration initiative*

MonthDayYear
End date of Landscape Restoration initiative (if applicable)

MonthDayYear
Leading organisation*
Who is leading the initiative?
Contact name and email*
We will only contact you if we need further clarification
Type and number of partner organisations involved *
If part of collaboration or partnership (e.g. State authorities, companies, NGOs, community group cf. the governance triangle)
Description of the Landscape Restoration initiative*

What challenges does the restoration initiative address, what are the objectives, how will it achieve its objectives, and what has been the impact/are the expected benefits? 0/350
Location: Country/jurisdiction *
Please provide coordinates or links to the polygon showing clear boundary of the landscape
Size of the landscape (ha)*
What different sectors are involved in the Landscape Restoration initiative? Please tick all applicable options*

EnvironmentClimateAgrifoodForestryFinanceSocio-economicWater resourcesHealth and well-beingUrban planningFire managementOther
Supporting documents (If any)
Please provide links to any published materials regarding the initiative
Which broad ecosystem type(s) are addressed by the landscape or seascape restoration activities? Please tick all applicable options*

ForestsFarmlandsGrasslandShrublands and savannahsWetlands and peatlandsOceans and coastsUrban areasMontane ecosystemsFreshwater ecosystems
What are the most important Land tenure systems? Please tick all applicable options.*

Private (e.g., within a community, individual families may have exclusive rights to residential parcels, agricultural parcels and certain trees. Other members of the community can be excluded from using these resources without the consent of those who hold the rights)Communal (e.g., members of a community may have the right to graze cattle on a common pasture)Open access (specific rights are not assigned to anyone and no-one can be excluded. An important difference between open access and communal systems is that under a communal system non-members of the community are excluded from using the common areas.)State (property rights are assigned to some authority in the public sector)
Are land rights clearly defined, enforced, or are there ongoing land conflicts?*

Please provide short description related to any relevant land rights issue 0/100
What broad benefits (impacts) does the initiative aim to deliver? Please tick all applicable options.*

Nature and Biodiversity (e.g. biodiversity corridors, improved biodiversity in farmland, endangered species recovery, water quality)Social (e.g. social resilience, strengthened community ties, reduced outmigration, lower unemployment, other socio-economic)Financial (e.g. improved financial capital, regenerative businesses)Inspirational and Spiritual (e.g. connectedness to nature, renewed hope, pride, improved attachment to place, strengthened cultural identity)Climate (e.g. climate adaptation, mitigation)Nutrition and Healthy dietsOther
Please provide a short explanation of how your initiative contributes to Nature and Biodiversity
Please provide a short explanation of how your initiative contributes to Social impact
Please provide a short explanation of how your initiative contributes to Financial impact
Please provide a short explanation of how your initiative contributes to Inspirational and Spiritual impact
Please provide a short explanation of how your initiative contributes to Climate
Please provide a short explanation of how your initiative contributes to Nutrition and Healthy diets

Please tick which stakeholders (first column) were participating in each phase of the initiative (first row)*

	Assessment	Planning & Design	Implementation	Ongoing management	Monitoring & Evaluation	Information Sharing
Primary producers (e.g. farmers)
Business
Government
NGOs
INGOs
Research institutions
Certification bodies
Indigenous Peoples
Local communities
Others (e.g. donors)

What governance arrangement (that outlines stakeholder roles, decision-making processes, and accountability mechanisms to guide effective restoration efforts) best describes the governance of the Landscape Restoration initiative? Please tick all applicable options.*

Centralised governance: coordinated and steered centrally, where single organisation or institution is responsible for the initiative, typically hierarchical (e.g. state-led)Participatory governance: refers to fair inclusion in decision-making in democratic processes (e.g. involving citizens in public policy making processes)Inclusive governance: Approach in which all stakeholders have meaningful role in decision making, and particularly empowers those whose interest is not being metAdaptive governance: A flexible, learning-based approach that emphasises monitoring and reflexivity to respond to changes in governance and our understanding of itMulti-level governance: Multi-level actors collaborate deliberatively, sharing decision-making across local, regional, national, and international levels to address complex issues collaborativelyIntegrative governance: Local solutions also have positive impact at other scales, on other issues, and in other places and sectors; Aims to address complex challenges holistically across sectors, uniting diverse stakeholders;Pluralist governance: recognises the importance of difference in knowing, valuing, defining and interacting with the world. Will incorporate different scientific and societal knowledge systems, governance structures, institutional frameworks and stakeholder involvements. E.g. Indigenous Peoples systemsPolycentric governance: Non centralised, with multiple overlapping, interdependent centres of decision making at multiple levelsTransformative governance: ensures that restoration initiatives are inclusive, just, culturally sensitive, and adaptable to changing environmental conditions, thereby enhancing human well-being and biodiversityOther governance arrangement (explain)
Please provide a short explanation of how centralised governance is implemented in your Landscape Restoration initiative.
Please provide a short explanation of how Participatory governance is implemented in your Landscape Restoration initiative.
Please provide a short explanation of how Inclusive governance is implemented in your Landscape Restoration initiative.
Please provide a short explanation of how Adaptive governance is implemented in your Landscape Restoration initiative.
Please provide a short explanation of how Multi-level governance is implemented in your Landscape Restoration initiative.
Please provide a short explanation of how Integrative governance is implemented in your Landscape Restoration initiative.
Please provide a short explanation of how Pluralist governance is implemented in your Landscape Restoration initiative.
Please provide a short explanation of how Polycentric governance is implemented in your Landscape Restoration initiative.
Please provide a short explanation of how Transformative governance is implemented in your Landscape Restoration initiative.
Main policy coherence challenges (misalignment, fragmentation and obstacles) affecting the success of the Landscape Restoration initiative.

*Policy coherence: The systematic promotion of mutually reinforcing policy goals and actions that create synergies towards achieving the agreed objectives. It can apply to any level of governance system and organization (e.g., government departments and agencies, landscape partnerships) involved in landscape restoration initiatives.

If you have more than one good practice to report, an additional field will appear after you submit the first one, allowing you to add more.
Policy misalignment
What are the main issue(s) related to policy misalignment? *
A good practice adopted to manage policy misalignment *
Please describe the action(s), instrument(s), or arrangement(s) used to address this challenge, whether planned or in retrospect.
In which phases of the Landscape Restoration Initiative the practice described was applied?*

AssessmentPlanning and designImplementationOngoing managementMonitoring and evaluation
Please add additional good practices adopted to manage policy misalignment (if any)
In which phases of the Landscape Restoration Initiative the practice described was applied?

AssessmentPlanning and designImplementationOngoing managementMonitoring and evaluation
Evidence supporting the good practice(s) adopted to manage policy misalignment*
How do you know the practice led to a positive outcome? What indicator(s), KPI(s), or metric(s) of success were used to infer the positive effect of the practice, if any? If you do not have clear evidence, please explain why you think your approach is promising.
Replicability of the good practice(s) adopted to manage policy misalignment*
Can the practice be replicated or adapted for other contexts?
Policy fragmentation
What are the main issue(s) related to policy fragmentation *
A good practice adopted to manage policy fragmentation*
Please describe the action(s), instrument(s), or arrangement(s) used to address this challenge, whether planned or in retrospect.
In which phases of the Landscape Restoration Initiative the practice described was applied?*

AssessmentPlanning and designImplementationOngoing managementMonitoring and evaluation
Please add additional good practices adopted to manage policy fragmentation (if any)
In which phases of the Landscape Restoration Initiative the practice described was applied?

AssessmentPlanning and designImplementationOngoing managementMonitoring and evaluation
Evidence supporting the good practice(s) adopted to manage policy fragmentation*
How do you know the practice led to a positive outcome? What indicator(s), KPI(s), or metric(s) of success were used to infer the positive effect of the practice, if any? If you do not have clear evidence, please explain why you think your approach is promising.
Replicability of the good practice(s) adopted to manage policy fragmentation*
Can the practice be replicated or adapted for other contexts?
Governance

The following questions explore policy coherence and integration across different levels of governance -global, regional, national, subnational, landscape, and local (i.e. vertical integration). These questions aim to assess how well any or all of these levels of governance align to support effective landscape restoration
What level(s) of governance was/were involved in the Landscape Restoration Initiative? (global, regional, national, subnational, landscape and local i.e. vertical integration)*
A good practice adopted to improve vertical coherence or integration*
Please describe the action(s), instrument(s), or arrangement(s) used to address this challenge, whether planned or in retrospect.
In which phases of the Landscape Restoration Initiative the practice described was applied?*

AssessmentPlanning and designImplementationOngoing managementMonitoring and evaluation
Please add additional good practices adopted to improve vertical coherence or integration (if any)
In which phases of the Landscape Restoration Initiative the practice described was applied?

AssessmentPlanning and designImplementationOngoing managementMonitoring and evaluation
Evidence supporting the good practice(s) adopted to improve vertical coherence or integration *
How do you know the practice led to a positive outcome? What indicator(s), KPI(s), or metric(s) of success were used to infer the positive effect of the practice, if any? If you do not have clear ence, please explain why you think your approach is promising.
Replicability of the good practice(s) adopted to involve level(s) of governance *
Can the practice be replicated or adapted for other contexts?
What obstacles and shortcomings related to the lack of policy coherence did you face?*
Identify areas where expectations were not met, name three.
Lessons learned*
Please list key lessons you've learned, including both positive and negative experiences (name a maximum of three of each).
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