The Land degradation neutrality tool is the only existing platform (freely available on the web) which is able to report on-the-fly LDN for the entire EU at any NUTS AND LAU2 level. It links to the SDG 15 policies and works on the entire European Union, allowing the free selection of a different scale area. It is possible to select entire Nations, Regions and Municipalities. In order to assess the degraded areas, as indicated by the UN guidelines for calculating SDG Indicator 15.3.1, 3 sub-indicators have been used (i) Vegetation productivity, (ii) Land cover change, and (iii) Soil organic carbon. Each of these three sub-indicators is spatially explicit and generated on a raster map which is then integrated into a final SDG 15.3.1 indicator that presents the information on the state of the soil, i.e. whether the latter is stable or exhibits increasing or decreasing degradation. The information obtained provides support for public authorities to satisfy European and national regulations by quantifying the state of land degradation.
Addressing target audiences and expressing needs
- To raise awareness and possibly influence policy
- Collaboration
Support in raising awareness on the utility of the developed tool for implementing land policies related to SDG 2 and 15.
Future collaboration to further develop new, similar tools tailored to users needs.
- EU and Member State Policy-makers
- International Organisations (ex. OECD, FAO, UN, etc.)
- Academia/ Universities
Result submitted to Horizon Results Platform by ACTEON SARL

