Abstract

The results of the application of the concept of land degradation neutrality (LDN) and the methodology to assess LDN indicators for arid regions of Russia are presented for the first time. It is shown that the LDN state has not been achieved in any of the arid regions of our country, since the proportion of degraded lands is positive everywhere and ranges from 9 to 67%. The concept of the LDN index is introduced, which makes it convenient to compare and rank individual territories, and an assessment of some arid regions of Russia is given according to this indicator. Simultaneously, it is concluded that the results are preliminary and need to be validated and specified on the basis of comparison with the existing national data obtained by traditional methods.

中文翻译：

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土地退化中立：国家一级干旱地区研究的现代方法

摘要

首次介绍了土地退化中立性（LDN）概念的应用结果以及评估俄罗斯干旱地区LDN指标的方法。结果表明，在我国的任何干旱地区都没有实现LDN状态，因为退化土地的比例到处都是正数，范围从9％到67％。引入了LDN指数的概念，这使比较和排名各个区域变得很方便，并根据该指标对俄罗斯一些干旱地区进行了评估。同时得出结论，结果是初步的，需要在与传统方法获得的现有国家数据进行比较的基础上进行验证和说明。