Deployment of performance indicators toward bridging monitoring gaps in Africa’s Great Green Wall
Background: The health and productivity of the land across the Sahel are in declension due to desertification. This has lowered the quality of ecosystem services and has led to a vicious cycle of drought, famine, poverty, and insecurity in the region. As one of the flagship interventions of the UN...
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| author | Abdullahi Mohammad Jalam Amir Hamzah Sharaai Mariani Ariffin Norzalina Zainudin Haruna Danladi Musa |
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| description | Background: The health and productivity of the land across the Sahel are in declension due to
desertification. This has lowered the quality of ecosystem services and has led to a vicious cycle of
drought, famine, poverty, and insecurity in the region. As one of the flagship interventions of the UN’s
decade (2020-2030) of ecosystem restoration to tackle desertification and respond to climate change,
there are mixed reactions to the successes of the Great Green Wall (GGW) in Nigeria due to the failure
of the Sustainability of Policy Instrument.
Methods: A two-round Delphi reached consensus on 42 sub-indicators under 14 indicators as indicated
by Kendell’s (W = 0.509, P = 0.001) and high correlation between rounds (rho = 0.959, P = 0.001). The
indicators were then deployed to assess the GGW in a questionnaire (n = 401) via a multi-stage sampling,
and their performance was weighted using principal component analysis (PCA).
Results: “Proportion of land reclaimed” was recorded as the highest-performing indicator due to the
multifaceted afforestation program covering fodder and wood lot areas, while “dune fixation” has the
least performance due to the lack of employment of ecological engineering tools. The findings showed
that the presence of local jobs is not significant in raising the livelihood status above the poverty line.
Conclusion: To meet the 2030 timeline, there is a need to scale up the implementation of the GGW
and support the desert frontline states (DFS) with alternative energy to reduce the rate of deforestation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e6eeb831fef43ed892cb4f6a7a38fc42024-01-01T07:59:10ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesEnvironmental Health Engineering and Management2423-37652423-43112023-11-0110442943910.34172/EHEM.2023.46Deployment of performance indicators toward bridging monitoring gaps in Africa’s Great Green WallAbdullahi Mohammad Jalam0Amir Hamzah Sharaai1Mariani Ariffin2Norzalina Zainudin3Haruna Danladi Musa4Department of Environmental Management Technology, Faculty of Environmental Technology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, NigeriaDepartment of Environment, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Environment, Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaCentre for Sustainable Consumption, Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Urban & Regional Planning, Federal University of Technology Minna, Minna, NigeriaBackground: The health and productivity of the land across the Sahel are in declension due to desertification. This has lowered the quality of ecosystem services and has led to a vicious cycle of drought, famine, poverty, and insecurity in the region. As one of the flagship interventions of the UN’s decade (2020-2030) of ecosystem restoration to tackle desertification and respond to climate change, there are mixed reactions to the successes of the Great Green Wall (GGW) in Nigeria due to the failure of the Sustainability of Policy Instrument. Methods: A two-round Delphi reached consensus on 42 sub-indicators under 14 indicators as indicated by Kendell’s (W = 0.509, P = 0.001) and high correlation between rounds (rho = 0.959, P = 0.001). The indicators were then deployed to assess the GGW in a questionnaire (n = 401) via a multi-stage sampling, and their performance was weighted using principal component analysis (PCA). Results: “Proportion of land reclaimed” was recorded as the highest-performing indicator due to the multifaceted afforestation program covering fodder and wood lot areas, while “dune fixation” has the least performance due to the lack of employment of ecological engineering tools. The findings showed that the presence of local jobs is not significant in raising the livelihood status above the poverty line. Conclusion: To meet the 2030 timeline, there is a need to scale up the implementation of the GGW and support the desert frontline states (DFS) with alternative energy to reduce the rate of deforestation.https://ehemj.com/browse.php?a_id=1252&sid=1&slc_lang=en&ftxt=1ecosystemclimate changeconservation of natural resourcesconsensuspoverty |
| spellingShingle | Abdullahi Mohammad Jalam Amir Hamzah Sharaai Mariani Ariffin Norzalina Zainudin Haruna Danladi Musa Deployment of performance indicators toward bridging monitoring gaps in Africa’s Great Green Wall Environmental Health Engineering and Management ecosystem climate change conservation of natural resources consensus poverty |
| title | Deployment of performance indicators toward bridging monitoring gaps in Africa’s Great Green Wall |
| title_full | Deployment of performance indicators toward bridging monitoring gaps in Africa’s Great Green Wall |
| title_fullStr | Deployment of performance indicators toward bridging monitoring gaps in Africa’s Great Green Wall |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deployment of performance indicators toward bridging monitoring gaps in Africa’s Great Green Wall |
| title_short | Deployment of performance indicators toward bridging monitoring gaps in Africa’s Great Green Wall |
| title_sort | deployment of performance indicators toward bridging monitoring gaps in africa s great green wall |
| topic | ecosystem climate change conservation of natural resources consensus poverty |
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