ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  VI-VIII

FOREWORD  IX-X

ABBREVIATIONS  XI-XII

GLOSSARY  XIII-XVIII

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  XIX-XXI

INTRODUCTION  1

RATIONALE AND STRUCTURE  5

MODULE 1 : PRINCIPLES  8

MODULE 2 : INTEGRATED LAND-USE PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE LAND-USE SYSTEMS FOR LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY  11

Land degradation neutrality assessment  12

Planning  16

Monitoring  19

MODULE 3 : INTEGRATED LAND-USE PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE LAND-USE SYSTEMS FOR LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY  21

Croplands  24

Permanent meadows and pastures  26

Integrated water, soil and land management  27

Supporting ecosystems: forests, wetlands and waterbodies  28

MODULE 4 : ENABLING ENVIRONMENT  30

Governance  31

Tenure  33

Integrated land, soil and water governance  35

Institutional capacity  36

Policy coherence  37

Markets  38

Science, innovati

on and data  39

Investment and finance  40

CONSTRAINTS AND GAPS  42

Land degradation neutrality metrics  42

Performance metrics that contribute to sustainable land management  43

Data and information systems  44

Conflicts  45

Governance  45

Investment and finance  46

Institutional capacity  46

THE WAY FORWARD  47

REFERENCES  52