Land in balance: The scientific conceptual framework for Land Degradation Neutrality

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 79, Issue , 2018, Pages 25-35

  Cowie, Annette L ^a   Orr, Barron J ^b,c,m   Castillo Sanchez, Victor M ^c,n   Chasek, Pamela ^d   Crossman, Neville D ^e   Erlewein, Alexander ^f   Louwagie, Geertrui ^g   Maron, Martine ^h   Metternicht, Graciela I ⁱ   Minelli, Sara ^c   Tengberg, Anna E ^j   Walter, Sven ^k   Welton, Shelley ^l  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   (Germany)

^d MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit's GIZ   (Germany)

^g European Environment Agency   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^j LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k Global Mechanism of the UNCCD   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

ⁿ RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Integrated land use planning; Land degradation; Neutrality; Response hierarchy; Sustainable development goals; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85032218708     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.10.011     Document Type: Article

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