Land Degradation in the Republic of Serbia and Human Well-Being According to the UNCCD Methodology
2023
Životić, Ljubomir | Stričević, Ružica | Petrović, Rastko | Vuković Vimić, Ana | Dragović, Marija
This paper presents an assessment of land degradation in the Republic of Serbia according to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) methodology and indicators of population well being related to degradation processes. The methodology monitors trends in land cover, land productivity and soil organic carbon stocks. The result of the changes in the indicators is the proportion of degraded land. The data on the indicators were adopted from global databases. Compared with reference period, the proportion of degraded land is 4.2% of the country's area, around 367,100 ha, which represents an increase. Among the indicators, the largest negative changes concern land productivity, with 211,200 ha. The results have lower confidence level, but after ground-thruting and the improvement of input data quality, the application of methodology could be relevant for national level decision-making. The link between the socio-economic indicators and the land degradation assessment is rated with low confidence.
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Publisher Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade, Serbia
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