Interpretation of theme: |
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Is item of theme: |
Land use |
Related overviews
Degradation (Land use) associations
Policy themes are used to classify Key policy issues and policy interventions. The tables below contain the issues and interventions associated with theme item Degradation (Land use).
Associated Key policy issues and their components
Carbon cycle and natural vegetation |
What opportunities exist to reduce land-use related carbon emissions (e.g. REDD) and even enhance the carbon uptake through the establishment of new forests. |
Land degradation |
What are the future risks of soil degradation? |
Land degradation |
To what extent are ecosystem functions lost by soil degradation, adding to local and global concerns about food security, biodiversity loss and climate change? |
Land degradation |
In what parts of the world have human-induced changes in land and soil conditions occurred? |