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Indicator

Indicator 15.3.1: Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area

Target

Target 15.3: By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world

Metadata update

2022-03-31

International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and partners, including: Conservation International (CI), European Space Agency (ESA), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Group on Earth Observation Land Degradation Neutrality Initiative (GEO-LDN), International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment (UNEP), World Resources Institute (WRI), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Related indicators

2.4.1; 6.6.1; 11.3.1; 15.1.1; 15.2.1