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The guide provides practical methods to integrate the VGGT into UNCCD and Land Degradation Neutrality efforts, supporting policymakers in addressing land tenure issues through adaptable approaches, legal frameworks, and national strategies to combat desertification and land degradation.

The report provides an analytical overview of common tools and approaches that are used, or can be used, to support integrated land use planning (ILUP) and integrated landscape management (ILM) and identifies ways in which these tools and approaches can aid in achieving LDN targets.

While the first picture of Earth from deep space invoked awe and wonder, they also graphically revealed the startling reality of the finite and stark boundaries in which humanity exists. Whitin these boundaries, the Earth has entered the age of Anthropocene, where humans are dominant force altering the Earth System.  

This Summary for Decision Makers provides a synthesis of the key messages contained in GLO2. It sets out the rationale, enabling conditions, and diverse pathways by which countries and communities can design their tailored land restoration agenda.

The second edition of the Global Land Outlook (GLO2), Land Restoration for Recovery and Resilience, sets out the rationale, enabling factors, and diverse pathways by which countries and communities can reduce and reverse land degradation.

An options paper for raising awareness on responsible land governance for combatting desertification, land degradation, and drought. Tenure security is a crucial enabler for land degradation neutrality. Without rights to property, communities lack the security to invest in the ecosystems on which they depend, which can hinder uptake of sustainable management practices even…