A ‘debt’ based approach to land degradation as an indicator of global change

Wuepper, David; Borrelli, Pasquale; Panagos, Panos; Lauber, Thomas; Crowther, Thomas; Thomas, Amy; Robinson, David A.

Wuepper, David; Borrelli, Pasquale; Panagos, Panos; Lauber, Thomas; Crowther, Thomas; Thomas, Amy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4929-7285; Robinson, David A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-4867. 2021 A ‘debt’ based approach to land degradation as an indicator of global change. Global Change Biology, 27 (21). 5407-5410. 10.1111/gcb.15830

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Abstract

We propose a way to synthesize different approaches to globally map land degradation by combining vegetation and soil indicators into a consistent framework for assessing land degradation as an environmental ‘debt’. our combined approach reveals a broader lens for land degradation through global change, in particular, identifying hot-spots for the different kinds of land degradation.

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