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Status of land degradation, sustainable land management and risk<br />

WOCAT maps on degree of land degradation and on land conservation measures.<br />

Status of land degradation, sustainable land<br />

management and risk<br />

Two results from the use of the WOCAT mapping methodology<br />

are presented above.<br />

150 indicator questionnaires were completed, 30 <strong>for</strong> each of<br />

the land uses settlement, <strong>for</strong>est, orchard, grazing land and<br />

cropland.<br />

The expert system to estimate desertification risk based on<br />

indicators was applied using data collected in the indicator<br />

questionnaire and also using data from the WOCAT mapping<br />

questionnaire.<br />

Desertification risk due to water erosion in the Kelaigou study site, China<br />

Source: AUA, Greece<br />

Case study of the DESIRE methodology – Yan River Basin, China DESIRE – WOCAT 2012<br />

Distribution of estimated desertification risk<br />

Study site Distribution of land desertification<br />

risk classes (%)<br />

No risk Slight Moderate High Very<br />

high<br />

Yan River<br />

Basin, Loess<br />

Plateau,<br />

China<br />

22.8 21.7 16.5 21.3 17.7<br />

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