Land Degradation Neutrality

Neutralität der Bodendegradation: Ausgleich von Gewinnen und Verlusten
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Land Degradation Neutrality

Handlungsempfehlungen zur Implementierung des SDG-Ziels 15.3 und Entwicklung eines bodenbezogenen Indikators

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Wunder, Stephanie, Timo Kaphengst, Ana Frelih-Larsen, Keighley McFarland, Stefanie Albrecht (2018): Land Degradation Neutrality – Handlungsempfehlungen zur Implementierung des SDG-Ziels 15.3 und Entwicklung eines bodenbezogenen Indikators. Report number UBA-FB 00.

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The 2015 agreed UN Sustainable Development Goals present a set of ambitious targets for development until 2030. One of the goals that is of high relevance for soil protection is subtarget 15.3 on "Land Degradation Neutrality" (LDN). However, the concept behind LDN yet needs to be further specified to the national context and indicators need to be agreed on. As part of the implementation process in Germany, the Ecologic Institute carried out and finalized in January 2018 a research project on behalf of the German Environment Agency. It provides a suggestion of necessary steps and guiding questions towards the implementation of LDN at the national level. Most importantly, it introduces an approach for a new indicator which uses land use categories as a possible proxy indicator. Each category is assigned with a certain soil value that considers the exposure to soil threats, building on and further extending the hemeroby (naturalness) concept.

Another aspect of the project was to contribute to the EU process of initiating LDN implementation. For this reason, a separate English report has been published ("Implementing SDG target 15.3 on "Land Degradation Neutrality": Development of an indicator based on land use changes and soil values"). This second report provides an overview about land degradation in Europe and existing monitoring schemes and policy processes that are relevant for the implementation of LDN.

A series of infographics helps explain concepts related to LDN and soil and is available below.

This report presents the key concepts, definitions, and implementation approaches for SDG 15.3 on “Land Degradation Neutrality” (LDN). It discusses options for implementing LDN in Germany and suggests a proxy indicator based on land use changes.

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German
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Stephanie Wunder
Keighley McFarland
Stefanie Albrecht
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Land Degradation Neutrality, soil, land, soil protection, sustainable land management, soil degradation, indicators, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, EU
Germany, Europe
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Download: Land Degradation Neutrality – Recommendations for Implementing SDG 15.3 and development of a soil indicator [pdf, 3.5 MB, German]
PublicationReportImplementing SDG Target 15.3 on "Land Degradation Neutrality"
 
Schritte zur Operationalisierung von LDN auf nationaler Ebene
In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including target 15.3 which contains the objective to strive towards Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) by 2030. This has opened a "window of opportunity" for many countries to... Read more

Wunder, Stephanie, Timo Kaphengst, Ana Frelih-Larsen, Keighley McFarland, Stefanie Albrecht (2018): Implementing SDG target 15.3 on "Land Degradation Neutrality": Development of an indicator based on Land Use Changes and soil values. Report number UBA-FB 00.

EventWorkshopImplementing SDG Target 15.3 in the EU and in the Member States: Exchange of Approaches to Implement "Land Degradation Neutrality" (LDN)
 
Since the adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015 countries worldwide have started processes towards the implementation of the goals and targets. Some of the targets are often already part of national strategies and instruments. Others... Read more

Workshop:Implementing SDG Target 15.3 in the EU and in the Member States: Exchange of Approaches to Implement "Land Degradation Neutrality" (LDN)

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Brussels, Belgium
ProjectImplementing the Sustainable Development Goals for Soils
 
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The project Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals for Soils aimed to examine how the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Target 15.3 on 'Land Degradation Neutrality' could be implemented in Germany and at the global level. Ecologic Institute analysed... Read more

Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals for Soils

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PublicationArticleLand Degradation Neutrality under the SDGs
 
The article "Land degradation neutrality under the SDGs: National and international implementation of the land degradation neutral world target" by Elizabeth Dooley, Ennid Roberts and Stephanie Wunder explores how the current momentum in international soil policy can be... Read more

Elizabeth Dooley, Ennid Roberts, Stephanie Wunder (2015): Land degradation neutrality under the SDGs: National and international implementation of the land degradation neutral world target, Environmental Law Network International, elni Review 1+2/2015.

Find the publication Land Degradation Neutrality at the UBA website