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Asian Dryland Ecohealth Progress for Land Degradation Neutrality

Journal of Remote Sensing
The 2030 global agenda deadline intensifies the urgency to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with SDG 15.3 aiming for land degradation neutrality (LDN).
Patient Mindje Kayumba, Yaning Chen, Mapendo Mindje, Sikandar Ali, Richard Mind’je, Michelle DeFreese, Brigitte Nyirambangutse, Yanan Hu   +7 more
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Assessment of changes in water conservation capacity under land degradation neutrality effects in a typical watershed of Yellow River Basin, China

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Large-scale implementation of the Grain for Green Project since 1999, which took the Yellow River Basin (YRB) as the core ecological restoration area, has had an important impact on the hydrological processes and ecological environment.
Depeng Zuo, Guo Chen, Guoqing Wang, Zongxue Xu, Yuna Han, Dingzhi Peng, Bo Pang, Karim C. Abbaspour, Hong Yang   +8 more
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Use of Variable Matrices of Land Cover Changes for the Assessment of Land Dynamics Based on the Indicators of Land Degradation Neutrality

Russian Journal of Earth Sciences
The article presents the results of land degradation assessment for the Ryazan and Tula regions based on the concept of land degradation neutrality (LDN).
Kust German, Lobkovskiy Vasiliy, Lobkovskaya Ludmila, Podlesnov Vladimir, Movchan Michail, Antipova Anna   +5 more
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Toward Resilient Implementation of Land Degradation Neutrality via Systemic Approaches

Systems
Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) is an ambitious initiative by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to tackle land degradation.
Jaime Martínez-Valderrama, Jorge Andrick Parra Valencia, Tamar Awad, Antonio J. Álvarez, Rocío M. Oliva, Juanma Cintas, Víctor Castillo   +6 more
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Land degradation neutrality assessment in China’s black soil region: integrating multi-source LULC data and innovative quantitative indicators

Ecological Indicators
Land degradation threatens sustainable development in China’s black soil region, a key grain-producing area renowned for its fertile soils and high organic matter content but highly sensitive to anthropogenic pressures and climate variability. This study
Wentao Zhou, Guanyu Qiao, Shengxian Xu, Yiwen Cao, Meng Cao, Huaizhi Tang, Yuanfang Huang   +6 more
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Land in balance: The scientific conceptual framework for Land Degradation Neutrality

Environmental Science & Policy, 2018
The health and productivity of global land resources are declining, while demand for those resources is increasing. The aim of land degradation neutrality (LDN) is to maintain or enhance land-based natural capital and its associated ecosystem services.
Cowie, AL, Orr, BJ, Castillo Sanchez, VM, Chasek, P, Crossman, ND, Erlewein, A, Louwagie, G, Maron, M, Metternicht, GI, Minelli, S, Tengberg, AE, Walter, S, Welton, S   +12 more
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Editorial: Ecological restoration in drylands: toward land degradation neutrality

Frontiers in Environmental Science
Land degradation neutrality (LDN) has been defined as “a state whereby the amount and quality of land resources necessary to support ecosystem functions and services remains stable or increases within specified temporal and spatial scales and ecosystems.”
Jifeng Deng, Jifeng Deng, Jifeng Deng, Shengbo Xie, Shengbo Xie, Guanglei Gao, Hamid Gholami   +6 more
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Responsible land tenure governance in relation to land degradation neutrality: A research synthesis

Conservation Science and Practice
Land degradation neutrality (LDN), introduced by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, seeks to balance ongoing land degradation with restoration efforts to maintain ecosystem function and productivity.
Getie Gebrie Eshetie, Berhanu Kefale Alemie, Abebe Mengaw Wubie   +2 more
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Strategies aimed at establishing land degradation neutrality of Venezuelan lands

Revista Gestión I+D, 2021
Globalization, as well as international commitments, demand strategies for the efficient management of country's resources by organizations at the national level, and face the challenges represented by the paradigm of sustainable development, which is ...
Saida Coromoto Rivero Sánchez
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Land Use Planning for Land Degradation Neutrality: Reflections and Critical Challenges

Land Degradation & Development
ABSTRACTPositing that land use planning (LUP) is both a technical and a political endeavor that should predominantly promote the preservation of the land‐based natural capital, the present study aspires to first, constructively problematize the Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality (SCF‐LDN) approach and second, reveal the ...
H. Briassoulis
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