… , comments and suggestions on the earlier versions of the paper. We also thank all the
participants of the session on Economics of Land Degradation during the Global Soil Week, …

… the severe impact of land degradation on the poor and the … Thus, the major share of the
costs of land degradation affects the … The cost of taking action against land degradation is much …

… The research presented in the book shows that investments to address land degradation
have … Next to investments, we have to address the question of adoption of sustainable land …

… The annual cost of land degradation associated with land use and cover change in … land
degradation represents the provisioning ecosystem services. The remaining 49% represent the …

… methods to assess the degree of global land degradation based on … the loss of ecosystem
services value from land degradation globally. We pull out a few selected countries to see the …

… The causes of land degradation are numerous and complex. Proximate factors include …
the benefit of taking action against land degradation through SLM measures is greater than the …

… This study explores the causes, extent and impacts of land degradation in … of land. Using
such a TEV approach, findings show that the costs of land degradation due to land use and land …

… the most severe land degradation in the world. Given that livelihoods of the majority of the
… This chapter analyzes the cost of land degradation in SSA and identifies the drivers of cost …

… the costs of the measures for controlling land degradation and then compare this cost with
potential losses of land … to estimate the economic effect of land degradation in Russia on the …

… The study determined that negative correlations between aridity and land degradation existed
at the global level, suggesting that the extent and severity of land degradation were even …