Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN), a global target adopted by the members of the United Nations as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, provides a framework for action that can integrate biodiversity conservation and other objectives in its overarching goal of keeping lands healthy and productive. Aligning efforts to address land degradation and biodiversity loss makes sense, given that their direct and indirect drivers are substantially the same—from consumer habits and trade to the conversion of natural habitats and unsustainable farming. In most cases, measures taken to address one will have positive consequences for the other.
This report is one of a series of studies designed to increase awareness and understanding of the opportunities that LDN presents for synergies with other social and environmental objectives as well as how voluntary LDN targets and associated measures can contribute to multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).