The Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF), a comprehensive method developed by World Agroforestry (ICRAF) scientists, provides a science-based field protocol for quantifying land and soil characteristics, vegetation composition and land degradation status over time. LDSF was developed as a response to a lack of methods for systematic landscape-level assessment of soil and ecosystem health, using a robust and consistent indicator framework.

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