MONITORING LAND- COVER/LAND- USE CHANGES WITHIN THE SCOPE LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY: BARTIN RIVER BASIN CASE OF TURKEY

Abstract

In the last decade, some global, national and regional studies/initiatives have been carried out to halt and reverse land degradation. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provides a framework for the sustainability of these efforts. In this context; One of the indicators of current situation and subsequent monitoring and evaluation within the scope of land degradation neutrality (LDN) approach studies is assessment and evaluation of land cover and land cover (LULC) changes. It is also important to evaluate and quantify land degradation on the basin basis, which is the smallest land unit of the countries. However, within the scope of this monitoring and evaluation, the processing and interpretation of the available data must be in an internationally valid method. In this study used to Collect Earth methodology, that multi-purpose land monitoring using remote sensing and Geographic information system integrated, for accurately estimating LULC change between 2000 and 2018 in River Overall, the article provides basic results which distribution of LULC classes according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), monitoring the current status and change of forest, pasture or woody vegetation fields, LULC change between 2000-2018, habitat loss-gain (improvement-desertification).