Abstract

Within the framework of the existing concepts of land degradation assessment, the main ideas about its causes and consequences are formulated, methodological provisions for studying the intensity of degradation processes are defined, and specific methods for assessing the economic component of degradation are developed. The problem of economic assessment of land degradation is complicated by differences in understanding of the nature of degradation processes and the role of soils in them. Soil indicators play the most significant role in the economic assessment of damage from land degradation. However, this methodology does not actually involve the use of modern concepts of ecosystem services. On the contrary, the methodology of land degradation economics, which uses a wide range of ecosystem services, largely ignores the need to take into account the dynamics of soil properties. The development of a unified methodology will solve many problems, among which an important place is occupied by the need to avoid legally regulated formulaic assessments of degradation.

中文翻译：

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土壤在土地退化评估中的作用：综述

摘要

在现有土地退化评估概念的框架内，提出了有关土地退化原因和后果的主要思想，定义了研究退化过程强度的方法学规定，并开发了评估退化经济成分的具体方法。土地退化的经济评估问题由于对退化过程的性质和土壤在其中的作用的理解上的差异而变得复杂。土壤指标在土地退化损害的经济评估中发挥着最重要的作用。但是，这种方法实际上并不涉及使用生态系统服务的现代概念。相反，土地退化经济学的方法论使用了广泛的生态系统服务，在很大程度上忽略了考虑土壤性质动态的必要性。统一方法的发展将解决许多问题，其中一个重要的方面是避免法律法规化的退化评估的需要。