{% trans "The Global Database on Sustainable Land Management (SLM) of WOCAT (the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies) provides free access to the documentation of field-tested SLM practices from different places in the world and offers practitioners the opportunity to share their own SLM practices. Due to its long-term presence and wealth of knowledge, WOCAT’s Database has been officially recognized by the" %} UNCCD{% trans " as the primary recommended Global Database for SLM best practices." %}
SLM in the context of WOCAT is defined as the use of land resources - including soil, water, vegetation and animals - to produce goods and provide services to meet human needs, while ensuring the long-term productive potential of these resources and sustaining their environmental functions. A SLM practice can be either an SLM Technology or an SLM Approach.
{% trans "The objective of documenting and assessing SLM practices is to share and spread valuable knowledge in land management, support evidence-based decision-making and scale up identified good practices, thereby contributing to preventing and reducing land degradation and to restoring degraded land." %}
{% trans 'Read more about the WOCAT documentation of SLM practices.' %}