Land degradation debt

Description

We define as environmental debt:

(a) the difference between natural forest potential and actual tree cover globally, and aggregated by latitude and by world region, (b) the difference between natural soil erosion and actual soil erosion globally, and aggregated by latitude and by world region, (c) the difference between natural above-ground carbon and actual above-ground carbon globally, and aggregated by latitude and by world region, (d), the difference between natural below-ground carbon and current below-ground (0–30 cm) carbon globally, and aggregated by latitude and by world region.

Contact

Email: ec-esdac (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

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How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2021): Land degradation debt. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/d99f76cd-2de1-46cf-b240-011a52e50a77

Data access

A ‘debt’ based approach to land degradation as an indicator of global change

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We define as environmental debt:

(a) the difference between natural forest potential and actual tree cover globally, and aggregated by latitude and by world region, (b) the difference between natural soil erosion and actual soil erosion globally, and aggregated by latitude and by world region, (c) the difference between natural above-ground carbon and actual above-ground carbon globally, and aggregated by latitude and by world region, (d), the difference between natural below-ground carbon and current below-ground (0–30 cm) carbon globally, and aggregated by latitude and by world region.

Publications

Publication

A ‘debt’ based approach to land degradation as an indicator of global change

Wuepper, D., Borrelli, P., Panagos, P., Lauber, T., Crowther, T., Thomas, A. and Robinson, D.A., 2021. A ‘debt’ based approach to land degradation as an indicator of global change. Global Change Biology, 27(21): 5407-5410.

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2023-06-27
Modified date: 2023-06-27
Issued date: 2021-11-15
Landing page: https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/land-degradation-debt
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Environment
Update frequency: never
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/d99f76cd-2de1-46cf-b240-011a52e50a77
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