How to halt the global decline of lands

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Willemen, Louise
Barger, Nichole N.
Ten Brink, Ben
Cantele, Matthew
Erasmus, Barend Frederik Nel
Fisher, Judith L.
Gardner, Toby
Holland, Timothy G.
Kohler, Florent
Kotiaho, Janne S.

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Nature Research

Abstract

The assessment of land degradation and restoration by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows that land degradation across the globe is a wide and severe issue and is showing no signs of slowing down. This trend must be halted and reversed.

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Decision making, Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goals

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Willemen, L., Barger, N.N., Brink, B. et al. How to halt the global decline of lands. Nature Sustainability  3, 164–166 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0477-x.