15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area

15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area

15.3.1 Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area

15.3 By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world

Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Indicator is expressed as the proportion of land that is degraded over total land area.

Land degradation is defined as the reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rain fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting from a combination of pressures, including land use and management practices.

Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) is defined as a state whereby the amount and quality of land resources necessary to support ecosystem functions and services and enhance food security remain stable or increase within specified temporal and spatial scales and ecosystems.

Total land area is the total surface area of a country excluding the area covered by inland waters, like major rivers and lakes.

Indicator is a binary - degraded/not degraded - quantification based on the analysis of available data for three sub-indicators: Trends in Land Cover, Land Productivity and Carbon Stocks.

The method of computation for this indicator follows the “One Out, All Out” statistical principle and is based on the baseline assessment and evaluation of change in the sub-indicators to determine the extent of land that is degraded over total land area.

The One Out, All Out (1OAO) principle is applied taking into account changes in the sub-indicators which are depicted as (i) positive or improving, (ii) negative or declining, or (iii) stable or unchanging. If one of the sub-indicators is negative (or stable when degraded in the baseline or previous monitoring year) for a particular land unit, then it would be considered as degraded. 

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Republic of Serbia

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Every four years

UNCCD consults with national focal points and requests them to review and validate the datasets derived from global data sources.

C150301

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-15-03-01.pdf