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The Capacities Of Policy To End Deforestation- Systematic Literature Review
Get PDFOver the decades, policy capacity is gained momentum in the public policy discourse and it obvious from the literature that different units of government agencies or organisations require different capacities. Policy capacity is understood around government but the concept has been broadened to include other organisations such as private, NGOs, among others. This research focused on organisational capacity in the lens of policy analytical capacity through an evidence-based approach to emphasise the importance of information to policy decisions.
This research employed PRISMA SLR to examined the capacities of policy to end deforestation and its related discourse around environmental issues as well as the relevance of the information to environmental decision-making. The rationale of employing PRISMA SLR is to synthesize and review the existing literature on policy capacity and environmental issues. This research aimed to discuss policy capacity in relation to end deforestation problem and information gap in the forest sector. The researcher employed PRISMA research protocol to examine policy capacity discourse in public policy studies and segments his search strategy for journal articles in Scopus and Web of Science index journals into three aspects of capacity studies such as policy capacity, organisational capacity, and policy analytical capacity. The data selection and rejection went through PRISMA statement 2015 that is an authentic eligibility criterion for study inclusion and exclusion process. Then, seventy-three (73) studies are selected and reviewed under this study which is classification in the following areas such as, policy capacity, organisational capacity, policy analytical capacity and deforestation. The literature on the three aspects of policy capacity mentioned above is mapped according to subject area and country to ascertain weak scientific publications among developing countries as compared to developed countries. In accordance with PRISMA SLR, policy capacity is viewed as a panacea to improving governance system of any country or organisation because it involves knowledge, competencies, and skills to process information in order to make the intelligent collective choice. It is common agreement among the policy scholars that policy capacity is a determinant to improve policy outcome and it helps the policy actors to be able to solve policy problems with aid of accurate and reliable information. The study revealed from the literature that policy capacity is weak in most organisations and where it is not, it is not recognised. The results show that most literature reviewed under this research is based on qualitative research which helps to understand the concept of capacity at different point of view and established complex relationship on issues. Needless to say, quantitative research in policy capacity may be valuable to forest management as it will help to better understand the subtle of forest policy problems and offer solutions to those problems
GOVERNMENT RESILIENCE POLICY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: Food System Resilience (A Comparative Study BetweenIndonesia And The Gambia).
No full textThe purpose of applying socio-ecological resilience is that there are significant changes in climate and scientist established that the planet is getting wormer on yearly basis and sea levels are rising. The climate pattern is also changing rapidly and rainfall shortage become a challenge. Human actions are responsible for changing climate through emission of greenhouse gas in atmosphere which keep depleting the ocean layers by make the planet earth wormer. Disaster is a natural phenomenon that happen with or without the expectation of human. Food system resilience is important in this discourse as disasters are an unforeseen circumstance. The concept of resilience was introduced in development to help resort the communities affected by the natural calamity. Governments formulate resilience policy as a strategy for disaster preparedness. This article used qualitative analysis in discussion. Food system resilience was used in the context of socio-ecological system which entail environmental issues and societal values in ensuring food security. Food system resilience was discussed in connection to SDGs goal number two (Zero Hunger). The weight of the discussion is centred around socio-ecological system in boasting food security.It is evident that the two countries have something in common but defer in many aspects of their development priorities and pace. They both need more improved crops or variety of cereals to ensure food security and public awareness creation on resilience policy and actions is a necessity.
Key Words:Resilience, policy, disaster, climate, change, sustainable, development, food system, socio-ecologica
Risk communication and community engagement in COVID-19: Fighting infodemics among non-governmental/community-based organizations in Africa
Get PDFAs the world battles the latest strain of the coronavirus known as COVID-19 characterized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), “infodemics” – an excessive amount of (mostly untrue) information about the pandemic that makes it difficult to discern essential information – has been identified by the health body as one of the major obstacles to be tackled to win the war against the raging pandemic. In a bid to control spread of the virus, the WHO published a guideline on Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) to COVID-19, noting these responses are vital for containment. The COVID-19 pandemic is testing and stretching health systems and their ability to effectively communicate with their populations. Failure to communicate accurate public health facts could lead to losses of trust, reputation, economy, and lives. This paper turns its searchlight on nongovernmental and community-based organizations (NGOs and CBOs) in Africa, and how they handle infodemics in an information environment battling not just a health pandemic, but a hoax pandemic too. Methods: The study employed mixed method, with data drawn from Africanbased NGOs and CBOs via online questionnaire and interviews against the backdrop of the Situational Theory of Publics. Findings reveal, based on what NGO/CBO survey respondents report their local clients think, that many at the grassroots still do not believe COVID-19 is real, while others view it as government’s scheme to embezzle funds. NGO/CBOs therefore look to WHO and Health Ministries for accurate information. It concludes that RCCE with the public and atrisk populations help reduce confusion and builds trust in the public health guidance community members can take thereby restricting the disease spread as an outcome of the RCCE approach
