Degradation (Land use)

Interpretation of theme:
Is item of theme:	Land use

Related overviews

• Key policy issues overview displays the components and their Key policy issues organised by policy theme.
• Policy interventions overview displays policy interventions organised by policy theme.

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

Component	Description
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	In what parts of the world have human-induced changes in land and soil conditions occurred?
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?