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The concept of land-degradation neutrality (LDN) is officially adopted at the international level by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the methodology for LDN assessment is being implemented as part of assessing the achievement of Goal 15 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and is being implemented in statistical systems of the countries of the world. One of the key aspects of creating favorable conditions for achieving LDN is harmonization of the system of national indicators for assessing the state and degradation of land with the system of global LDN indicators. This makes it possible to correct and verify the data of the global assessment of the country provided by the UNCCD, which, ultimately, allows obtaining adequate results that correspond to the actual picture. Based on the results of scientific research conducted in recent years and scientific publications, the article describes the features of the formation of national systems for the LDN assessment in countries that represent different stages of setting and achieving the LDN target: goals have been set, and a methodology for adapting indicators has been developed (Belarus, Kyrgyzstan); goals and indicators are under development (Russia); and goals have not been set, and development of national indicators is in the inception phase (Turkmenistan). The selection of countries is not random and allows tracing the difference in the methodology for adapting national and global indicators for national statistical systems in countries where the principles for assessing the state of land were developed on a single platform created in Soviet times. It was revealed that, despite the similarity of the methodological approaches used, each of the countries is constructing its own unique system of indicators for LDN assessment, taking into account national spatial, geographical, climatic, and other features. The final result of constructing such a system should be a GIS-based system of land-degradation indicators and the ability to interface it with global assessment data (Trends.Earth calculation module), with the land-information system of Belarus being an example of its implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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