I. Land quality
- existing knowledge and scientific challenges
- system approach and integrated land quality assessment
II. Land cover dynamics
- detection (remote sensing) and analysis
- the effect of climate change
- socioeconomic drivers and consequences
III. Land as a resource
- linking land cover dynamics, population change, innovation and jobs creation for the benefit of local economy
IV. Landscape planning and land allocation
- spatial optimisation of land functions
V. Land and soil in the hydrological cycle
- the role of soil water in runoff, nutrient availability and biochemical fluxes
VI. Towards a net zero land degradation word
- from assessment to implementation
VII. Sustainable intensification
- soil and land management strategies and techniques
VIII. Data management and land information systems
- land quality and cadastral maps
- farming data
IX. Economic land evaluation
X. Global issues, local processes and solutions
- climate, biodiversity, desertification