The Role of Soils in Land Degradation Assessment: A Review

Цветнов, Е. В.; Макаров, О. А.; Strokov, Anton; Цветнова, О. Б.

doi:10.1134/s1064229321030169

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“…In (Orr et al, 2017) the logic of integrated assessment of ecosystem services is announced as it is coming from the LDN definition, however, actually only the productivity of aboveground biomass (estimated by NDVI), is analyzed, and soil features are limited to the carbon stock. Tsvetnov, Makarov, and Strokov (2021), Makarov et al (2021), Makarov, Krasilnikova, et al (2021); Makarov, Kryuchkov, et al (2021); Makarov, Tsvetnov, et al (2021), and Tsvetnov et al (2020) demonstrate on pilot sites that through soil parameters of agro‐depletion (main nutrients, humus, pH) or alkalinization the damage can be monetarized and for different sites range from 4 to 153 thousand Russian rubles (approx. 1US$ = 70 rubles).…”

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“…Since the concept of LD includes the need for economic approaches (UNCCD, 1994), it is difficult to draw a coherent picture of LDN achievement only using biophysical indicators without direct economic assessments in terms of damage-profit, loss-income, dynamics of value and price, etc. Tsvetnov, Makarov, and Strokov (2021) emphasized that a significant drawback of the LDN concept is that none of the indicators, as well as the PDL indicator, include an economic interpretation. Natural capital is not monetarized, which makes it necessary to reassess degradation using an 'external' methodology.…”

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“…In (Orr et al, 2017) the logic of integrated assessment of ecosystem services is announced as it is coming from the LDN definition, however, actually only the productivity of aboveground biomass (estimated by NDVI), is analyzed, and soil features are limited to the carbon stock. Tsvetnov, Makarov, and Strokov (2021) but also the cost of inaction. It is emphasized that this method is most applicable at local level, whilst at a regional level, a direct method for calculating the cost of restoring degraded territory is not effective.…”

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“…Furthermore, all of these methods also ignore the ecosystem services of lands, which greatly limits the possibilities of their application for solving sustainable development issues. The need to account for soil ecosystem services as part of the 'loss of profits' was demonstrated by Tsvetnov, Makarov, and Strokov (2021). 'restoration to baseline' or 'full restoration' are among the key concepts, and for which the LDN approach can be useful.…”

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Experience in application and adaptation of the land degradation neutrality concept in the Russian Federation

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The paper provides an overview of the-evolving methodology for the land degradation neutrality (LDN) assessment based on studies at national, regional, and local levels in Russia. A review of more than one hundred publications in Russian language over the past 6-7 years allowed for analysis of the following areas: LDN terminology, LDN assessment at different levels, adapting a transition matrix; using the LDN concept for economic valuation of land, estimating LDN baseline, and using LDN as an integral indicator for sustainable land management. With the LDN concept, a global approach to monitoring land degradation has become applicable beyond the limited geographic scope of the drylands. The paper observes how the LDN concept has been broadened with the introduction of the LDN Index proposed to evaluate the rate of LDN achievement; a proposal on reconstructing transition matrices and adding land cover sub-categories; approach of integrating traditional national sectoral systems for assessing land quality with an LDN add-on. The broader relevance of the paper includes the justification that it provides for using the LDN concept by policy-makers at national and subnational levels, in particular in Russian-speaking countries. It includes the application of additional indicators to capture soil erosion, salinity, soil depletion, aridity, etc., and using different sitespecific LDN baselines, not only those time-based but also factoring natural background trends like climate change, natural succession cycles linked with geological and geomorphological processes. Approaches for LDN-based economic valuation of lands and typology of sustainable land management practices and models were also fruitful.

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confidence: 99%

“…In (Orr et al, 2017) the logic of integrated assessment of ecosystem services is announced as it is coming from the LDN definition, however, actually only the productivity of aboveground biomass (estimated by NDVI), is analyzed, and soil features are limited to the carbon stock. Tsvetnov, Makarov, and Strokov (2021) but also the cost of inaction. It is emphasized that this method is most applicable at local level, whilst at a regional level, a direct method for calculating the cost of restoring degraded territory is not effective.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Experience in application and adaptation of the land degradation neutrality concept in the Russian Federation

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“…более полной мере отразить их взаимное влияние друг на друга[6,13].Следует отметить, что классификация, выделенная Ф. Р. Зайдельманом, по существу близка к международной. В данной работе авторы придерживаются общей (международной) практики классификации.…”

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Diagnostic Indicators for Assessing Irrigated Arable Land and Pastures Degradation

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Dokuchayeva²

2022

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Purpose: determination of diagnostic elements and indicative figures characterizing the degradation processes development in various types of soils of irrigated arable land and pastures. Materials and methods. Reference data and databases collected by various research institutes of our country, normative and methodological documents adopted in the country, as well as publications of domestic and foreign authors served as materials for the study. Complex and retrospective analysis, synthesis and deduction were used as methods. Discussion. The classification of soils by type and level of degradation makes sense in the context of determining the need for measures to preserve and restore soil fertility. Taking into account the specificity and diversity of types and kinds of such an object of assessment as soil, it is necessary to carefully consider the correctness of each indicative factor gradation. An example is: when analyzing the methods for assessing soils by the degree of alkalinity, it was noted that the level gradations vary depending on the type of soil. The table with main diagnostic indicators for assessing the degradation degree of irrigated arable land and pastures is presented in the paper. The form of the table was adopted on the basis of existing regulatory and methodological documents with amendments and additions in the indicators. Conclusions. Based on the analysis, the parameters for assessing the degree of degradation of agricultural land are formed into three groups, based on the order of their discovery: primary (estimated), basic, additional. The main diagnostic indicators and their gradations which make it possible to establish the level, type and evaluate the reasons of soil degradation of agricultural lands with acceptable reliability are identified.

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