1. Selecting SLM Technologies Using Stakeholder
Workshops in the Loess Plateau
The 5th Plenary Meeting DESIRE
International Conference on Combating Land
Degradation in Agricultural Areas
(LANDCON1010)
Xi’an, China
依法以智，保持水土
山川秀美， 今裕后泽
Gudrun Schwilch,
Hanspeter Liniger
University of Bern,
CDE
Dr. Wang Fei
on behalf of
DESIRE Team of ISWC

2. Diagnostic phase
Synthesis and
implementation
phase
Dissemination phase
Evaluating biophysical, socio-
economical, political and institutional
context per study site
Current status and
stakeholder needs
assessment
Defining promising
prevention and
remediation strategies
Implementing and
testing of selected
measures
Evaluation
performance and
determine regional
effects
Development of a harmonized information
system, preparation of guidelines, and
practical handbooks for end-users etc.
What is the project running ?
The DESIREinitiative – project approach
Graph: Coen Ritsema, Alterra

3. Objectives
WP 3.1: To identify existing
and potential strategies
with a participatory
learning approach
(stakeholder workshop 1)
WP 3.2: To evaluate,
document and share
strategies with the WOCAT
tools
WP 3.3: To select most
promising strategies with a
decision support tool
(stakeholder workshop 2)
Problems
Strategies
Approaches
Assessment
Public decision
Qualitification
Why to?
How to?

4. List of workshop participants
Workshop2
： moderator
(s): Wang Fei, Li
Jinpeng, Zhang
Jinxin, Wang
Qunxing; 21
participants
Workshop1 ： moderator (s): Wang Fei, Li Jinpeng, Zhang
Jinxin; 17 Stakeholders

5. List of workshops participants
GO: Soil and Water Conservation Bureau of Ansai, Land
Management Bureau of Ansai, Forestry Bureau of Ansai, Fruit
Bureau of Ansai, Official of Zhenwudong Town, Ansai, Education
Bureau of Ansai, Office of “Grain for Green” of Ansai, Yanhe River
Basin office Ansai Branch
NGO: Ansai Science and Technology Association of the Senior
Citizen
Land user: head of village, Land users
Researcher: staff of ISWC, CAS, Students from ISWC, CAS and
Northwest A&F University

6.  Mutual learning and
understanding of land degradation
and desertification
 Trust and collaboration among
local and external participants
 Identification of existing and new
strategies to prevent or mitigate
land degradation and desertif.
 Selection of a set of these
identified strategies for further
assessment
Objectives of stakeholderWorkshop1

7. Results of Workshop1
Photo 3 The selection of main effects of biomass cycle
UP: Improving awareness of each
stakeholders: the water cycle is much
easier to know and analysis in the
study site, but the bio-mass is more
difficult because the local people have
no special attention to it. The multi-
stakeholders participating is
necessary. It would improve the
awareness via knowledge exchange.
Below: the judgement
of different
stakeholders would
make the questions
and problems clearer.

8. Results of Workshop1
Improvement of Awareness

9. Objectives of stakeholderWP2 ：
 To select promising (existing and
potential) strategies for land
conservation to be implemented and
tested in the selected study site
 To jointly select 1-2 options
(mitigation strategies) from the
WOCAT database to be implemented /
field-tested in the selected study site
in the context of DESIRE WB 4.
 To strengthen trust and
collaboration among concerned
stakeholders.

10. Step1 Review: Recall
+ decide /Get aware /
Review and adjust
Step 2 Options: Identify
and visualize/Search
based on WOCAT
databases
Step 3 Criteria: Identify
/Environmental, economic and
social criteria /criteria reflect
the most important
qualities
Step 4 Scoring options: assess
the option /compare carefully/
small stakeholder groups
Step 5 Ranking criteria:
organize criteria
hierarchically /Assigning all
criteria to categories /
Ranking criteria
Step 6
Analysis
Visualization
Step 7 Negotiation
and Decision making
Steps of WP2
Step 8 Embedding
into overall strategy

11. Slope crop land with gullies
Converting grassland
into orchard
Workshop 2 -Step 1

12. 4 practices (T,RF,G and B)
Checkdam land
Checkdam (When will be land?)
Workshop 2 -Step 2

13. Miaowan Watershed
Workshop 2 -Step 2

14. Workshop 2 - Step 3 Criteria

15. Step 4 Indicators for
Scoring options
Step 5 Ranking criteria
Workshop 2 - Step 4 and 5

16. Step 5 Ranking criteriaWorkshop 2 - Step 5

17. Step 6 Analysis
Visualization
Workshop 2
 The difference
impacts
 Wide and narrow
range
 Options

18.  The WOCAT DESIRE method is powerful tool to select
and evaluate the soil and water conservation practice. The
criteria of option vary greatly. Only based on the plenary
discussion, could the better option be selected.
 The stakeholders should balance the option carefully all
the time. If we want to change a the best conservation plan,
we should do more.
Objectives of stakeholderWorkshop1
Step 8 Embedding into overall strategy

19. 王飞 中国科学院水利部水土保持研究所 wafe@ms.iswc.ac.cn
依法以智 保持水土 山川秀美 今裕后泽
王飞 中国科学院水利部水土保持研究所 wafe@ms.iswc.ac.cn
依法以智 保持水土 山川秀美 今裕后泽
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