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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 … Global Land Outlook …

… rights and governance for dryland water resources and land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Establish … of dealing with aridity and variability. This includes land management practices, such as cultivating … densities of the drylands and as a result face particular degradation challenges. • Where potential evapotranspiration …

… 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 …

… lakes and reservoirs, and river basins), their continued degradation, the fragmented approach to their management, and … human use of natural resources in LMEs, and activities on land and in the sea put LME health and productivity at risk, … continues at about 1 per cent per year, mainly driven by land clearing for development. By 2030, more than half of …

… 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 …

… values to save costs and safeguard profits Ecosystem degradation leads to declining future profits, increasing … and disadvantages of different choices in uses of land, water, resources or investments. Applying a simple … up the relative desirability of alternative uses of funds, land and resources. Chapter 4 identifies techniques for …

… permits held. catchment (watershed): a discrete area of land with a common drainage system; includes both the water bodies that convey the water and the land surface from which water drains into those bodies. club … pollutants that accumulate with little or very slow degradation because the capacity of the environment to …

… 2. Valuing and Managing Watershed Services 21 2.1 Linking land and water use to downstream benefits 21 2.2 Valuation of … units for water management A watershed is the area of land that feeds water into a river, through the process of … only those threatened by or suffering from the impacts of degradation. The fundamental basis for this shift is the …

… their services have been experiencing rapid and tremendous degradation and loss in the past 50 years, destroyed by … parameter * Severe High 94 553 * Defined as the land ratio without vegetation coverage (forest area and … of Water laW10 freshwater habitat modification. Most land-based activities, such as agriculture and human …

… 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 …