This report and accompanying policy summary examine what we know about terrestrial ecosystems, including their importance, the factors affecting them, and how they are changing. It highlights land degradation as a widespread and urgent issue that threatens biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being. The report outlines policies, management strategies, and governance options to help address land degradation, minimize its environmental, social, and economic impacts, and restore damaged land. Covering all types of landscapes worldwide, including drylands, forests, farmland, and aquatic ecosystems, it emphasizes that land degradation varies both within and between regions and countries.
Access the report and policy summary here: https://www.ipbes.net/assessment-reports/ldr
Suggested citation: IPBES (2018): The IPBES assessment report on land degradation and restoration. Montanarella, L., Scholes, R., and Brainich, A. (eds.). Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Bonn, Germany. 744 pages.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3237392
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