Land is an essential building block of civilization yet its contribution to our quality of life is perceived and valued in starkly different and often incompatible ways. Conflicts about land use are intensifying in many countries. The world has reached a point where we must reconcile these differences and rethink the way in which we use and manage the land. The evidence presented in this first edition of the Global Land Outlook demonstrates that informed and responsible decision-making, along with simple changes in our everyday lives, can if widely adopted help to reverse the current worrying trends in the state of our land resources.
Part 1. The big picture -- 1. Meaning of Land -- 2. Brief History of Land Use -- 3. Drivers of Change -- 4. Convergence of Evidence -- 5. Land Resources and Human Security -- Part 2. The outlook -- 6. Scenarios of Change -- 7. Food Security and Agriculture -- 8. Water Resources -- 9. Biodiversity and Soil -- 10. Energy and Climate -- 11. Urbanization -- 12. Drylands -- Part 3. A more selective future -- Annex 1. The Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality -- Annex 2. Mapping Land Productivity Dynamics: detecting critical trajectories of global land transformations.

336 p. : ill., graphs, maps, tables

Includes bibliographical references.

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