The LADA methodology (land degradation assessment in drylands) is first used to assess land degradation at the local level for test sites in Russia. The results of the tested methodology are in general positive and, at the same time, indicate the need to adapt it for the assessment of erosion processes, the detailing of mapping categories, and the use of the soil alkalinity indicator. The corresponding recommendations are suggested.
Original Russian Text © V.D. Slavko, G.S. Kust, S.Yu. Rozov, O.V. Andreeva, M.G. Kegiyan, 2014, published in Aridnye Ekosistemy, 2014, Vol. 4, No. 4(61), pp. 50–67.