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Land Use System (LUS)
Type
Area trend
Intensity trend
Mapping Land Degradation and SLM
• Method jointly revised with LADA and DESIRE
• More emphasis on impact on Ecosystem Services,
direct and indirect causes
• Being tested in 6 LADA pilot countries (national level)
• Applied in 18 DESIRE study sites (local level)
• Additionally tested in Tajikistan and Switzerland
(village level)
Mapping Unit
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Degradation / Mapping unit SLM / Mapping unit
Type Name / Group / Measure
Extent (area) Extent (area)
Degree Effectiveness
Impact on ecosystem
services (type and level)
Impact on ecosystem
services (type and level)
Direct causes
Indirect causes Degradation addressed
Recommendation
Mapping Degradation and Conservation
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Some challenges!
• How to visualise “dominant” degradation (or conservation) types
in case of combinations or multiple types / unit:
Mapping Unit ID
a) Type b) Extent c) Degree d) Rate
i ii iii
13 Wt Wg Wo 30 2 0
13 Ha Hg Hq 70 3 -99
14 Wt Wg Wo 30 2 0
14 Ha Hg Hq 60 3 0
15 Ha Hg Hq 60 3 0
15 Wt Wg Wo 30 2 0
• Show each combination? ( too many legend units)
• Show dominant types only ( what is dominant: highest degree,
highest extent,…)
• …?
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Some (more) challenges
Degradation
g) Impact on ecosystem services
P1-1; E3-1; E6-1; S6-1
P1-1; P2-1; E1-1; E6-1; S6-2; E5-1
P1-1; P2-1; E1-1; E6-1; S6-2; E5-1
P1-2; P2-2; E1-2; E6-2; S6-2; E5-1
Conservation
g) Impact on ecosystem services
P2+1, E1+1, S7+1
E3+1, E4+1, E6+1
E1+2, S3+1, P3-1
P2+1, E1+2, S7+2
• How to display complex multiple data like Impact on ES?
5-URBAN
0
50
100
BIOMASS (ACC)
BIOMASS (Y)
SOIL HEALTH
WATER Q/QBIODIVERSITY
ECONOMIC BENEFIT
SOCIAL BENEFIT
4-SUST. AGRICULTURE
0
50
100
BIOMASS (ACC)
BIOMASS (Y)
SOIL HEALTH
WATER Q/QBIODIVERSITY
ECONOMIC BENEFIT
SOCIAL BENEFIT
Sustainable Agriculture Urbanisation
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Some (remaining) challenges
• Area calculations and summary/analysis
• Quantification and verification
• Use RS and modelling to improve the
system
Sustainable Agriculture Urbanisation
