[Abstract from the authors: At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rioþ20) in June 2012, governments adopted “The Future We Want” outcome document, which recognized (in paragraph 206) “the need for urgent action to reverse land degradation. In view of this we will strive to achieve a land-degradation neutral world ….”. This paragraph sets a goal of maintaining a world where the total amount of degraded land remains constant, and that would secure the currently available productive land for the use of present and future generations.
