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 degradation- the 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.