NotesThe Global Land Outlook (GLO), the UNCCD flagship publication, underscores land system challenges, showcases transformative policies and practices, and points to cost-effective pathways to scale up sustainable land and water management.
Abstract
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.
An outlook is a vantage point, a platform, a perspective; it broadens our vistas and allows us to examine our prospects, both present and future. It is within this broader frame of thinking that the Global Land Outlook (GLO) aims to present a unique perspective on one of the Earth’s most precious assets: land.
PART ONE: The Big Picture
Chapter 1: Meaning of Land
Chapter 2: Brief History of Land Use
Chapter 3: Drivers of Change
Chapter 4: Convergence of Evidence
Chapter 5: Land Resources and Human Security
Part Two: THE OUTLOOK
Chapter 6: Scenarios of Change
Chapter 7: Food Security and Agriculture
Chapter 8: Water Resources
Chapter 9: Biodiversity and Soil
Chapter 10: Energy and Climate
Chapter 11: Urbanization
Chapter 12: Drylands
Part Three: A More Secure Future
Annex One
THE SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY
Annex Two
MAPPING LAND PRODUCTIVITY DYNAMICS: Detecting Critical Trajectories of Global Land Transformations