Global assessments rated by accessibility, availability and confidence level

The majority of global environmental assessments reviewed for the gap analysis were very accessible and in many cases provided access to raw or underlying…

Publications on pastoralism and rangelands in Scopus per year since 1980

According to the Scopus search, the publications on pastoralism and rangelands have increased since 1980, with a substantial spike starting in 1995, though it…

Data sources rated according to accessibility, availability and confidence level

The 100 identified and publicly accessible databases and websites screened for the study were rated according to disaggregation, accessibility and confidence level. A high…

Availability of data on pastoralism and rangelands in databases and websites reviewed

Only 33 of the 92 screened databases contained information on pastoralists or rangelands. Of these, only five had information on both pastoralists and rangelands…

Geographical distribution of GEF projects

The figure shows the geographical distribution of GEF grants allocated to pastoralism and rangelands projects since 2000. The circles represents 107 projects and indicate…

Thematic focus of the technical support provided in GEF projects that include pastoralist and rangeland keywords

The 107 relevant GEF projects were categorized according to the type of technical support they provided. Most projects covered more than one of the…

Number of publications in Scopus addressing pastoralism and/or rangelands, published between 2000 and August 2018

The search for pastoralism and rangeland metonyms in Scopus identified only 96,414 records out of a possible 71 million records. There were 79,245 records…

Overview of survey respondents’ affiliation and geographic focus of their work

Of the 58 stakeholders that responded to the survey, most (21) were affiliated with a university or a research institution. Twelve respondents were affiliated…

Survey respondents’ assessment of knowledge gaps for given topics

Survey respondents were asked to share their perspectives on knowledge gaps about pastoralism and rangelands. The results showed that many respondents thought that there…

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Survey respondents’ assessment of knowledge gaps in the provision of technical support by topic

Survey respondents were asked to share their perspectives on gaps in information on technical support provided for pastoralism and rangelands. The largest gaps were…

The conceptual framework for the gap analysis

An adapted version of the IPBES conceptual framework guided the definition of the scope and depth of the gap analysis. Solid arrows denote influence…