Standards provide a common language and framework for data collection, analysis, and reporting. The adoption of common standards for land use and land cover monitoring is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It...

In 2021, FAO launched the land cover legend registry (LCLR), the world's first repository of harmonized national, regional, and global land cover legends, adhering to ISO 19135 standards. This online catalog offers access to land...

The West African land cover reference system (WALCRS) is the result of an initiative to take a first step towards a harmonized and ISO based international reference system for creating land cover legend in the...

The Agro-Ecological Zoning (AEZ) methodology, developed by FAO and IIASA, is a well-established modeling system used for sustainable land-use planning, agricultural investments, and assessing climate change impacts on agriculture. PyAEZ is and open-source Python package developed...

An assessment of land degradation was carried out following the UNCCD’s Good Practice Guidance (GPG) version 2 for the SDG Indicator 15.3.1 (Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area) for White Nile...