Table S6 Elements of preparation and implementation of LDN showing requirements and outputs of each element Land Land type stratification Land degradation Resilience assessment Integrated land-use Monitoring indicators Interpretation of Neutrality potential assessment (including need for planning decisions of gains / losses in indicator/metric assessment assessment adaptation or transformation) land-based natural values capital Element Map of Map of land types based Map of land condition Assessment of whether the Balance sheet of land Map of land areas that Verification of Neutrality potential of on land potential, system is heading in desired use planning have experienced estimates of change assessment land to subdivided by vegetative trajectory decisions significant change and identification of sustainably cover over monitoring negative land cover generate period compared with change Product ecosystem the baseline services Maps of soil Maps of land potential, National land Land potential assessment; All previous plus Absolute numerical Estimate of Data type, vegetative land use degradation assessment Tipping points; climate change economic and social values of LDN uncertainty of comparison (t1 landform, and management. including trend analysis projections; resilience tool; assessment results; indicator/metric data metric values. - t0); climate, of the LDN scenarios. Comprehensive and Local stakeholder at t0 and t1 to identify Refinement Aggregation of erosion indicators/metrics; local representative participation of input significant pos./neg. indicator/metric data on all hazard verification of results stakeholders; change values for false of gains and Requires* Gender assessment positives; Resilience losses, per land assessment; Local type stakeholder input Land type Land unit Land unit Land unit Watershed or admin. Land unit Land unit National domain Spatial Stratification, Land cover change Identifying land use and Interpretation of land cover Setting national Quantifying actual Adjustment to Assessment of identifying detection for neutrality management options change (deciding negative targets for gains and losses to neutrality achievement of land monitoring and based on land condition trends); Options and pathways interventions; assess neutrality monitoring target counterbalancing like for for interventions; Estimating losses; like Identification of Counterbalancing into options, supplementary indicators anticipated losses restoration / and gains Feeds rehabilitation options, resilience assessment *All elements require full consideration of the perceptions and realities of local land users, ideally through their direct participation.
Table S6 Elements of preparation and implementation of LDN showing requirements and outputs of each element Element Land potential assessment Land type stratification Land degradation assessment Resilience assessment (including need for adaptation or transformation) Integrated land-use planning decisions Monitoring indicators of gains / losses in land-based natural capital Interpretation of indicator/metric values Neutrality assessment Product Map of potential of land to sustainably generate ecosystem services Map of land types based on land potential, subdivided by vegetative cover Map of land condition Assessment of whether the system is heading in desired trajectory Balance sheet of land use planning decisions Map of land areas that have experienced significant change over monitoring period compared with the baseline Verification of estimates of change and identification of negative land cover change Neutrality assessment Requires* Maps of soil type, landform, climate, erosion hazard Maps of land potential, vegetative land use and management. National land degradation assessment including trend analysis of the LDN indicators/metrics; local verification of results Land potential assessment; Tipping points; climate change projections; resilience tool; scenarios. Comprehensive and representative participation of stakeholders; Gender assessment All previous plus economic and social assessment results; Local stakeholder input Absolute numerical values of LDN indicator/metric data at t0 and t1 to identify significant pos./neg. change Estimate of uncertainty of metric values. Refinement indicator/metric values for false positives; Resilience assessment; Local stakeholder input Data comparison (t1 - t0); Aggregation of data on all of gains and losses, per land type Spatial Land type Land unit Land unit Land unit Watershed or admin. domain Land unit Land unit National Feeds into Stratification, identifying land options, restoration / rehabilitation options, resilience assessment Land cover change detection for neutrality monitoring and counterbalancing like for like Identifying land use and management options based on land condition Interpretation of land cover change (deciding negative trends); Options and pathways for interventions; Identification of supplementary indicators Setting national targets for interventions; Estimating losses; Counterbalancing anticipated losses and gains Quantifying actual gains and losses to assess neutrality Adjustment to neutrality monitoring Assessment of achievement of target *All elements require full consideration of the perceptions and realities of local land users, ideally through their direct participation.
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