ESSRC member Professor Graciel Metternicht is among a group of international experts who have spent the past year developing the Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality.

The Scientific Conceptual Framework for Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) provides a scientific foundation for understanding, implementing and monitoring LDN. It has been designed to create a bridge between the vision and the practical implementation of LDN, by defining LDN in operational terms. The conceptual framework is a product of the UNCCD Science-Policy Interface. 

Read more from lead author Professor Barron Orr here.