Guides and Background Documentation

The following is a list of supporting documentation, including reporting guides published by various organisations, that underpin the GEO-LDN Initiative and many of the tools used to assess and monitor land degradation.

For interested parties, this suite of background documentation will help guide tool development and inform on the current state of reporting for SDG 15.3.1, in addition to providing context to the process and current state of evidence-based decision-making for the achievement of land degradation neutrality.

Guides

Good Practice Guidance - SDG Indicator 15.3.1, Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area. Version 2.0.

· Relevant for the assessment, visioning, planning, and monitoring & evaluation phases in integrated land use planning.

UNCCD's PRAIS4 reporting manual for SDG 15.3.1 sub-indicators.

· Relevant for the assessment, visioning, planning, and monitoring & evaluation phases in integrated land use planning.

Background documentation

UNCCD SPI Technical Series No. 6: The Contribution of Integrated Land Use Planning and Integrated Land Management to Implementing Land Degradation Neutrality: Entry Points and Support Tools.

UNCCD SPI Technical Series No. 04 (2019): Creating an enabling environment for Land Degradation Neutrality & its potential contribution to enhancing well-being, livelihoods & the environment.

Review of data, analytical systems and code for calculating SDG Indicator 15.3.1: Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area. Technical Note.

Cowie, Annette L. (2018), Land in balance: The scientific conceptual framework for Land Degradation Neutrality, Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 79, pp. 25-35.

UNCCD SPI Technical Series No. 1 (2017): Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality.

LDN: Land in Balance. Science-Policy Brief (October 2016).