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As one of the countries most affected by climate change, desertification and drought, Türkiye has a vision: to a build a future where the land is healthy and productive. Türkiye recognizes that it is the health and productivity of the land and soil that will determine the future prosperity and security of humankind. By securing the health and productivity of its own land and then sharing its…

The Land Degradation-Neutrality (LDN) framework of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is underpinned by three complementary interactive indicators (metrics: vegetation cover, net primary productivity; NPP and soil organic carbon; SOC) as proxies for change in land-based natural capital. The LDN framework assumes that SOC changes slowly, primarily by decomposition and…

The need to promote a sustainable land management (SLM) approach for land degradation neutrality (LDN) is a global challenge, and we must rely on local assessments of how rural participants are conducting their work. Therefore, the objectives of the present research are as follows: 1) evaluate the fruit culture of the guava producers (Psidium guajava, L.) in Calvillo, Aguascalientes, Mexico; and…

South Africa undertook a national Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) target setting process during 2017/18 in response to the United Nations Convention to Combatting Desertification’s call for signatory countries to voluntarily commit to LDN as also requested under Sustainability Development Goal 15.3. Highlights •South Africa successfully developed land degradation…

Neutralité en matière de dégradation des terres : Bénéfices pour la sécurité humaine : Un autre Sahel est possible avec la NDT, en valorisant tout le potentiel productif de ses terres, en tirant avantage des acquis techniques existants et du dividende démographique pour créer des opportunités et de la richesse à partir des ressources naturelles, aboutissant à une…

Partnerships to Achieve Land Degradation Neutrality: In the Northeast Asia sub-region, environmental pollution, transboundary sand and dust storms (SDS), agricultural expansion, deforestation, and overgrazing are growing challenges that are being further complicated by the impacts of climate change. Desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) are a significant problem…