Union environment ministry has committed to rejuvenate 50 lakh hectares 5 million of degraded land between 2021 and 2030. The aim of land degradation neutrality ldn is to maintain or enhance landbased natural capital and its associated ecosystem services. The land degradation neutrality fund rockefeller foundation. Deforestation, land degradation, and unsustainable land. Stringer2 1soil physics and land management group, wageningen university, droevendaalsesteeg 4, nl6708 pb wageningen, the netherlands 2sustainability research institute, school of earth and environment, university of leeds, leeds ls2. Land degradation is a process in which the value of the physical environment is affected by a. Ethiopia land degradation neutrality national report degraded land under pressure in hintalowajirat district, south eastern zone, tigray region, ethiopia 2015 photo by yared shumete this report summarizes the key outcomes of the national efforts carried out in 2014 and 2015 towards putting in practice the land degradation neutrality concept. Land degradation neutrality land degradation is an obstacle to sust ainable development due to its impact on the environment, food security, agr oecosystem service provision and people s. This learning resource is an introduction to land degradation neutrality.
The current global scale and consequences of land degradation make a compelling and urgent case for reaching land degradation neutrality ldn worldwide by 2030, a target that has now been formally incorporated into the united nations sustainable development goals. How to implement land degradation neutrality land degradation neutrality is defined as a state whereby the amount and quality of land resources, necessary to support ecosystem functions and services and enhance food security, remains stable or increases within specified temporal and spatial scales and ecosystems. Desertification has been defined as land degradation in arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities11. Experiences from the unccd land degradation neutrality target. Development of an indicator based on land use changes and soil values. The land degradation neutrality fund this publication has been prepared solely for informational purposes, and has been prepared in good faith on the basis of information available at the date of publication without any independent verification. United nations convention to combat desertification.
To address land degradation scale, a joint effort of public and private parties is needed. The rationale on which the forthcoming discussion is standing is illustrated in figure 1 in the form of a land degradation recovery model. To achieve ldn, large amounts of financial resources need to. Causes and impacts of land degradation and desertification. Cornet and others published land degradation neutrality find, read and cite all the research you need. This second report provides an overview about land degradation in europe and existing monitoring schemes and policy processes that are relevant.
Pdf on feb 1, 2019, pamela chasek and others published land degradation neutrality. Thus, the wise management and protection of land resources is crucial to securing our sustenance. This includes spatial shift of degraded and recovered or improved areas according to land degradation indicators. Land degradation neutrality the business potential for. Focused on direct investment into largescale land restoration and land degradation avoidance. However, the call for land degradation neutrality has not. However, restoration and efforts to prevent degradation have often failed to deliver expected bene.
Ldn land degradation neutrality ldntsp land degradation neutrality target setting programme of the unccd mawf ministry of agriculture, water and forestry met ministry of environment and tourism mlr ministry of land reform nap3 third national action programme for namibia to implement the unccd 20142024. Aug 31, 2018 the importance of a land degradation neutrality approach to achieving sustainable land management author. Counterbalancing future land degradation anticipated losses through. The importance of a land degradation neutrality approach. In addition, awarenessraising, a change in stakeholders attitudes, and a change. Support farmers, land owners and communities in their efforts to prevent and reverse land degradation through application of sustainable land management. Iucn, international union for conservation of nature global drylands initiative p. Land degradation neutrality and the conservation sector. Obviously, land degradation neutrality requires a paradigm shift from degrade, abandon, migrate to protect, sustain, restore. Neutrality requires action to reverse degradation and to counterbalance any losses due to ongoing land degradation.
This means that, in a situation of land degradation neutrality, any degradation that might occur should be, at least, compensated by recovery of already degraded or desertified land. Learning from nonlinear ecosystem dynamics is vital for achieving land degradation neutrality diana sietz1, luuk fleskens1,2, lindsay c. However, there are practical difficulties in identifying and measuring land degradation. In 2015, land degradation neutrality is likely to become a global target through the united nations convention to combat desertification and. India was one of the first countries to commit to the 2030 sdg target of achieving land degradation neutrality ldn. Sep 04, 2019 land degradation neutrality is one of 169 targets set under the sustainable development goals. Land degradation neutrality ldn as a broad framework guiding research, policy and practice has gained considerable attention in recent years particularly since the united nations convention to combat desertification unccd established ldn as its. The aim of land degradation neutrality ldn is to maintain or enhance land based natural capital and its associated ecosystem services.
A state whereby the amount and quality of land resources, necessary to support ecosystem functions and services and enhance food security, remains stable or increases within specified temporal and spatial scales and ecosystems. Estimates of the extent of land degradation have varied hugely due to divergent definitions. Grenada land degradation neutrality national report. At the behest of the ministry of environment, forest and climate change, isros space applications centre, ahmedabad along with partner institutes took up the task of inventorising and monitoring of land. The economics of land degradation neutrality in asia foreword by erik solheim. Although adoption of sustainable development goal target 15. Land degradation neutrality is one of 169 targets set under the sustainable development goals. The state of indias environment report, 2017 calculates that nearly 30. A centre for excellence would be set up in dehradun for land degradation neutrality. In the effort to achieve the sustainable development goals sdgs related to food, health, water, and climate, an increase in pressure on land is highly likely. The economics of land degradation eld initiative estimates the cost of lost ecosystem services to land degradation to be between 6. Support farmers, land owners and communities in their efforts to prevent and reverse land. This subject is treated in more detail in the next section.
Land degradation neutrality is one of the sustainable development goal targets, requiring ongoing degradation to be balanced by restora tion and sustainable land management. Partnerships to achieve land degradation neutrality. The scientific conceptual framework for land degradation neutrality has been developed to provide a scientific approach to planning, implementing and monitoring ldn. India strives to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030. For this reason, a separate english report has been published implementing sdg target 15. Land managers should monitor land use decisions which might affect ldn, to estimate the likely cumulative effects so that these can be counterbalanced by reversing land degradation on the same land type.
The economics of land degradation neutrality in asia. The concept of neutrality incorporates the scientific approach of an equillibrium of an aggreated indicator of areas degradation and recovered area. Involving the mining sector in achieving land degradation. Land degradation neutrality ldn has been defined by the parties to the convention as. The complete guidelines will be presented in september 2019 at the unccd cop 14 in delhi. Land degradation and desertification are amongst the biggest environmental challenges we face. Monitoring soil for sustainable development and land.
This study provides an overview on issues related to land degradation, the snowball of land degradation consequences and routes towards recovery of neutrality and sustainability. Integrate national land use planning systems and national desertification monitoring systems. Land degradation neutrality tapping opportunities unccd. Routes towards land degradation neutrality and sustainable ecosystems land degradation is expensive, both to local owners and to society in general, over multiple time and space scales. Federal democratic republic of ethiopia ethiopia land.
Clearly, the objective of land degradation neutrality is to achieve a position of no net loss of healthy and productive land. Faos contribution to land degradation neutrality ldn is based on its comparative advantage and expertise in policy development on sustainable land management and addressing land degradation, including governance and land rights, and on its role as the foremost global custodian of agricultural information for the organizations country. Policy convergence between forest landscape restoration and. Key strategic implementation actionsmeasures to achieve the set voluntary target the key implementation strategic actions are to. Every minute we lose land the size of 26 football fields.
Land degradation neutrality pilot project a project of the ministry of environment and tourism supported by the deutsche gesellschaft fur internationale zusammenarbeit gmbh giz november 2018 windhoek namibia s. This article is an open access publication abstract the adoption of the 17. The international community is working to halt and reverse land degradation, restore degraded ecosystems and sustainably manage our resources through a commitment to land degradation neutrality ldn. Jul 30, 2019 india strives to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030. The investment capital is coming from multiple sources national and international, development and climate, public and private finance.
Yet, despite some positive changes in recent times, land degradation is worsening at an alarming rate. Reviving land and restoring landscapes policy convergence between forest landscape restoration and land degradation neutrality supported by. Land degradation neutrality ldn is further enshrined in policy in sdg target 15. Land degradation neutrality ldn in drylands and beyond where has it. A state whereby the amount and quality of land resources, necessary to support ecosystem functions and services and enhance food security, remains stable or increases within. Learning from nona linear ecosystem dynamics is vital for. This is an essay of the writing workshop socioecological economics, published on 31 august 2018. The united nations convention to combat desertification unccd was established in efforts to. Land degradation and desertification in india are among the biggest challenges. Implementation of an sdg on land degradation neutrality in the eu 11 summary the continuing degradation of land and soils is a severe threat to the provision of ecosystem services and economic development in europe and globally. Land free fulltext soilrelated sustainable development. Women and men have unequal opportunities to address land degradation. Land degradation neutrality is defined as a state whereby the amount and quality of land resources, necessary to support ecosystem functions and services and enhance food security, remains stable or increases within specified temporal and spatial.
The importance of a land degradation neutrality approach to achieving sustainable land management author. The opportunity to achieve land degradation neutrality by creatively tapping into these financial resources has never. Detailed description of the methodology and data sources for quantifying the three global indicators. Degradation can be induced by climate change and land use change and land use methods. Land degradation neutrality ldn, or balance impairment, is a challenge posed by the committee on science and technology cst of the united nations convention to combat desertification unccd. In 2011, leaders of member states at the united nations general assembly highlevel meeting initiated a political momentum to tackle issues of land degradation, when they stated. Land degradation neutrality a new impetus to address the global challenge of land and soil degradation background land degradation neutrality ldn is part of the sustainable development goals sdg 15. The importance of a land degradation neutrality approach to. The land degradation neutrality ldn fund, copromoted by the united nations convention to combat desertification unccd and mirova, is a firstofitskind impact investment fund investing in profitgenerating sustainable land management slm and land restoration projects worldwide. Achieving land degradation neutrality for people and planet undp. Land is a limited production factor and its significant role in our lives is often. To avoid further land degradation and promote land restoration, multifunctional use of land is needed within the boundaries of the soilwater system. Apr 12, 2019 women and men have unequal opportunities to address land degradation. In addition, soils play an important role in mitigating and adapting to climate change.
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