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How to halt the global decline of lands

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  • Louise Willemen

    (University of Twente)

  • Nichole N. Barger

    (University of Colorado at Boulder)

  • Ben ten Brink

    (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency)

  • Matthew Cantele

    (University of Melbourne)

  • Barend F. N. Erasmus

    (University of Pretoria)

  • Judith L. Fisher

    (University of Western Australia)

  • Toby Gardner

    (Stockholm Environment Institute)

  • Timothy G. Holland

    (University of California Berkeley)

  • Florent Kohler

    (University of Tours)

  • Janne S. Kotiaho

    (University of Jyväskylä)

  • Graham P. Maltitz

    (Smart Places, CSIR)

  • Grace Nangendo

    (Wildlife Conservation Society)

  • Ram Pandit

    (University of Western Australia)

  • John A. Parrotta

    (Research and Development, USDA Forest Service)

  • Matthew D. Potts

    (University of California Berkeley)

  • Stephen D. Prince

    (University of Maryland)

  • Mahesh Sankaran

    (Ecology & Evolution, National Centre for Biological Sciences)

  • Anastasia Brainich

    (GRP Secretariat, Global Resilience Partnership)

  • Luca Montanarella

    (Joint Research Centre, European Commission)

  • Robert Scholes

    (University of the Witwatersrand)

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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  • Louise Willemen & Nichole N. Barger & Ben ten Brink & Matthew Cantele & Barend F. N. Erasmus & Judith L. Fisher & Toby Gardner & Timothy G. Holland & Florent Kohler & Janne S. Kotiaho & Graham P. Malt, 2020. "How to halt the global decline of lands," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 3(3), pages 164-166, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:3:y:2020:i:3:d:10.1038_s41893-020-0477-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-0477-x
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    1. Zhang, Yufei & Chen, Jiayin & Han, Yi & Qian, Mengxi & Guo, Xiaona & Chen, Ruishan & Xu, Di & Chen, Yi, 2021. "The contribution of Fintech to sustainable development in the digital age: Ant forest and land restoration in China," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).

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