《土地退化與發展》是一份國際期刊，旨在促進對陸地環境退化的認識、監測、控制和恢復的合理研究。該雜志的重點是:什么是土地退化;導致土地退化的原因;土地退化的影響土地退化程度;土地退化的歷史、現狀或未來趨勢;避免、減輕和控制土地退化;恢復或恢復退化土地的補救行動;可持續土地管理。土地退化可定義為通過減少或破壞物理、社會、文化或經濟特征和/或減少生態系統多樣性而造成的效用或潛在效用的損失。原因可能是單一的，也可能是復雜的，有些可能是生物地球物理的(“自然”)，有些是社會經濟的(“人類”)，很可能是間接的，可能是累積的，很難確定。一項重大挑戰是了解如何更好地管理發展與環境之間的相互作用，以增加對人類福祉的生態和社會可持續改善的前景。發展是指在持續的基礎上努力改善富國和窮國的人類福祉或環境質量(可持續發展)。邀請發表關于陸地環境退化的科學、社會、經濟、政治和歷史方面的論文。此外，令人歡迎的是提出趨勢預測的分析報告、關于促進生態可持續性和防止土地退化的管理、規劃和決策的案例研究和討論。除了原有的研究論文外，還將包括應邀和提交的區域和專題評論，以及簡短的通訊、書籍評論和遙感和計算機技術的應用。編輯委員會的成員來自廣泛的學科和民族。通過嚴格的評審程序，這將確保土地退化與發展保持高標準，并呈現來自廣泛學科、跨學科研究和國際范圍的材料。《土地退化與發展》是一本非政治/性別/宗教/種族政策的科學雜志。數字不應包含有爭議的領土等材料，案文也不應包含歧視性或貶損性材料。

Land Degradation & Development is an international journal which seeks to promote rational study of the recognition, monitoring, control and rehabilitation of degradation in terrestrial environments. The journal focuses on:what land degradation is;what causes land degradation;the impacts of land degradationthe scale of land degradation;the history, current status or future trends of land degradation;avoidance, mitigation and control of land degradation;remedial actions to rehabilitate or restore degraded land;sustainable land management.Land degradation may be defined as the loss of utility or potential utility through the reduction of or damage to physical, social, cultural or economic features, and/or reduction of ecosystem diversity. There may be a single cause or a complex mix of causes, some may be biogeophysical ('natural'), some socioeconomic ('human') and it is quite possible that cause(s) will be indirect, perhaps cumulative and difficult to identify. A major challenge is to learn how interactions between development and environment can be better managed to increase prospects for ecologically and socially sustainable improvements to human well-being. Development means attempts to improve human well-being or environmental quality in rich and poor nations on a sustained basis (sustainable development).Papers are invited on scientific, social, economic, political and historical aspects of terrestrial environmental degradation. Also welcome are analyses presenting forecasts of trends, case studies and discussion on management, planning and policy-making relating to the promotion of ecological sustainability and the counteraction of land degradation.In addition to original research papers, regional and thematic reviews, both invited and submitted, will be included, as will short communications, book reviews and applications of remote sensing and computer techniques. The members of the Editorial Board are drawn from a comprehensive range of disciplines and nationalities. Together with a strict refereeing procedure this will ensure Land Degradation & Development maintains a high standard and presents material from a wide range of disciplines, from interdisciplinary study and with an international coverage. Land Degradation & Development practices a non- politics/gender/religion/race policy as a science journal. Figures should not contain material such as disputed territory, and text should not contain discriminatory or derogatory material.