Abstract
Land degradation and desertification do not only threaten food security and human wellbeing globally but also represent a serious concern for prosperous development. The Economics of Land Degradation Initiative therefore has developed an approach to assess and include the foregone value from losses of natural resources and benefits from more sustainable land management in decision making. Based on the Initiative’s work with multiple stakeholders, this chapter outlines a comprehensive approach to value land related ecosystem services and tools to integrate such values in decision making processes.
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Notes
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Barbier and Hochard (2014).
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ELD (2015c).
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ELD (2015d).
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Lambin et al. (2013).
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Sidibé et al. (2014).
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ELD Initiative (2015d).
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Barbier and Hochard (2014).
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ELD Initiative (2015d).
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ELD Initiative (2015d).
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Myint and Westerberg (2015).
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Aymeric et al. (2015).
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Sidibé et al. (2014).
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MEA (2005).
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ELD Initiative (2015d).
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ELD Initiative (2015d).
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ELD Initiative (2015d), p. 92.
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ibid, p. 102.
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ELD Initiative (2015b).
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ELD Initiative (2015d).
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Ibid.
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ELD Initiative (2015c), p. 15f.
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UNDP (2016).
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UNCCD (2016).
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Etter (2015).
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Etter et al. (2015), p. 4.
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ELD (2014b).
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Etter (2015).
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ibid.
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ELD Initiative (2014a).
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ELD Initiative (2013a).
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Etter (2015).
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ELD (2013b).
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Etter, H., Gerhartsreiter, T., Stewart, N. (2017). Economics of Land Degradation: Achievements and Next Steps. In: Ginzky, H., Heuser, I., Qin, T., Ruppel, O., Wegerdt, P. (eds) International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2016. International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy, vol 2016. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42508-5_18
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