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Degraded Land in Bhutan 2015

Updated Date: 10/15/2025 10:12:32 AM

This dataset assesses land degradation in Bhutan in 2015 based on SDG Indicator 15.3.1 by analyzing changes in land cover, land productivity, and soil organic carbon stocks. The 1OAO principle is applied in the computation method where changes in the sub-indicators are classified as improving, declining and stable. A land unit is considered degraded if any sub-indicator shows a negative or remains stable when previously degraded.

Degraded Land in Bhutan 2015
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Purpose This dataset has been prepared for monitoring the land degradation in Bhutan under ICIMOD-CBAS Partnership Project on SDG-15.
Descriptive Keyword land degradation, degradation (theme) Bhutan (place)
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Date 2025-10-15T10:12:32
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Title Degraded Land in Bhutan 2015
Date 2025-09-25
Date Type publication
Abstract This dataset assesses land degradation in Bhutan in 2015 based on SDG Indicator 15.3.1 by analyzing changes in land cover, land productivity, and soil organic carbon stocks. The 1OAO principle is applied in the computation method where changes in the sub-indicators are classified as improving, declining and stable. A land unit is considered degraded if any sub-indicator shows a negative or remains stable when previously degraded.
Purpose This dataset has been prepared for monitoring the land degradation in Bhutan under ICIMOD-CBAS Partnership Project on SDG-15.
Status completed
Charset utf8
Topic Category geoscientificInformation
Spatial Representation Type grid
Spatial Resolution 30
Geographic Extent
Geographic Extent East 92.1142 Geographic Extent West 88.7519
Geographic Extent North 28.325 Geographic Extent South 26.7036
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Use Limitation Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation: ICIMOD. (2025). Degraded land in Bhutan 2015 [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/RDS.1973245
Use Limitation Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Reference System Information
Code WGS 1984
Data Quality Info
Hierarchy level dataset
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Email metadata@icimod.org Organization Name ICIMOD
Voice 977-1-5003222 Position name
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