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Assessing land degradation is essentially needed for decision-makers to monitor and mitigate degradation and implement sustainable land management practices. More specifically, monitoring land degradation on a regular basis enables decision-makers to analyze impact of degradation and effects of ...

Author(s)
Mitri, G.; Nasrallah, G.; Gebrael, K.; Nassar, M. B.; Dagher, M. A.; Nader, M.; Masri, N.; Choueiter, D.
Publisher
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Citation
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2019, 191, 9,
Abstract

Context: The study of sustainable land use reflects the interdisciplinary characteristics of land science, geography, ecology and sustainability science. In recent years, research on sustainable land use has rapidly increased in scope and speed around the world. Objectives: To discuss the trends,...

Author(s)
Xie HuaLin; Zhang YanWei; Zeng XiaoJi; He YaFen
Publisher
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Citation
Landscape Ecology, 2020, 35, 11, pp 2381-2411
Abstract

Land degradation directly affects global and regional economic, social development, and food security, which has become a hot and challenging issue in the global ecological field. A successful response to land degradation requires understanding its causes, impacts, and extent. It is also essential...

Author(s)
Yu ZiYue; Deng XiangZheng
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Ecological Engineering, 2022, 183,
Abstract

This Study aims to understand the new management challenges related to Climate Change's impacts on biodiversity, deterioration of agricultural productivity, food security, and increasing rates of desertification. This constitutes an important indicator for studying Land Degradation Neutrality (SDGs ...

Author(s)
Erian, W. F.; Nasr, Y. A.; Yacoub, R. K.; Elabd, R. A.
Publisher
Polish Society of Ecological Engineering, Lublin, Poland
Citation
Journal of Ecological Engineering, 2023, 24, 3, pp 55-63
Abstract

Land degradation is a major challenge to sustainable development and poverty reduction across the world. This paper estimates the contribution of land degradation to the losses in agricultural profits in the four countries in Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. We used ...

Author(s)
Mirzabaev, A.; Strokov, A.; Krasilnikov, P.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Land Use Policy, 2023, 126,
Abstract

Soil security identifies global challenges and a series of dimensions that are necessary requirements to meet those global challenges using sustainable land management. The soil security concept is applied to two contrasting soil landscape systems with varying climate, landform and soil types....

Author(s)
Murphy, B.; Fogarty, P.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Sustainability, 2019, 11, 20,
AbstractFull Text

Land degradation and desertification (LDD) and climate change are having increased effects in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) impacting the livelihoods of about 410 million people. Agriculture is a vital sector, contributing on average 14% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (excluding oil...

Author(s)
Ziadat, F. M.; Zdruli, P.; Christiansen, S.; Caon, L.; Monem, M. A.; Fetsi, T.
Publisher
Canadian Center of Science and Education, Toronto, Canada
Citation
Sustainable Agriculture Research, 2022, 11, 1, pp 11-24
Abstract

As part of the Sustainable Development Goals, countries are striving to achieve by 2030 a land degradation neutral world. Land degradation neutrality (LDN) is the state whereby the amount and quality of land resources remains stable or increases within specified temporal and spatial scales....

Author(s)
Gonzalez-Roglich, M.; Zvoleff, A.; Noon, M.; Liniger, H.; Fleiner, R.; Harari, N.; Garcia, C.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Environmental Science & Policy, 2019, 93, pp 34-42
Abstract

Land degradation is a major risk to the sustainability and functioning of socioecological systems (SES), especially in arid/semiarid regions. By understanding a system and its interlinkages, the socioecological approach offers an innovative way to explore degradation. This is achieved through a...

Author(s)
Kgaphola, M. J.; Ramoelo, A.; Odindi, J.; Kahinda, J. M. M.; Seetal, A.; Musvoto, C.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Sustainability, 2023, 15, 4,
Abstract

The Blue Nile Highlands, Ethiopia, has been experiencing serious land degradation, menacing water security, and then human well-being. However, sustainable land management (SLM) may be the way to curb land degradation and improve water security. Therefore, in order to assess benefits after a 5-year ...

Author(s)
Mersha, B. D.; Zeleke, G.; Alamirew, T.; Dejen, Z. A.; Gebrehiwot, S. G.
Publisher
Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Citation
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022, 194, 3,

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