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… GLOBAL LAN D OUTLOOK First Edition GLOBAL LAND OUTLOOK First Edition ©UNCCD, 2017 Secretariat of the … Partners GLO Contributing Partners THE ECONOMICS OF LAND DEGRADATION The objective of the United Nations Convention to … The Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality ANNEX TWO 320 Mapping Land Productivity Dynamics: …

… rights and governance for dryland water resources and land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Establish … densities of the drylands and as a result face particular degradation challenges. • Where potential evapotranspiration … and practice. The UNCCD targets for Land Degradation Neutrality (to be detailed at the country level) could be …

… in major aquifers, reducing stream flows and causing the degradation of ripar- ian and wetland ecosystems. The … unwanted impacts on others. Zoning is used to ensure that land uses are compatible with protection of vulnerable … to extract groundwater, mechanisms to control pollution, land-use zoning and the means of enforcing rules through the …

… hurricanes as well as volcanic activity. Deforestation and degradation of the upper watersheds and of river banks has … soils that originate from volcanic sand rocks. Unregulated land use change is especially damaging in steep catchments … rates, very high population growth, and a complex land tenure rights situation. Unlike other places in …

… Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in Joensuu, Fin- land. The papers compiled in this volume of the Review are … the other, military action itself causes en- vironmental degradation.6 Since the end of the Cold War, discussions … Tuula Honkonen and capacity, but are required to maintain neutrality on issues where there is a divergence of views …

… that recognizes the interlinkages—for example, between land and water, agriculture and water, technology and water, … voluntary measures, market and information-based tools, land-use management and cost recovery of water services, … coastal and marine waters is necessary because their degradation threatens not only the health of important …

… 76 4.7 Land … taking stock of corporate water behaviour Discussion Paper land management. For water stewardship to work, private … et al (2013) presents replenishment in terms of ‘water neutrality’ for restoration of a ‘sustainable water balance’. … corporate water behaviour Discussion Paper resources and degradation of water ecosystems’. For water stewardship to …

… changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in land-use.” Source: IPCC (2001). Comparatively, climate change … cycle together, connecting the earth’s atmosphere, land masses, and oceans. Furthermore, water provides … (UNCCCD) (2012). “The Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought: Methodologies and Analysis for …