TopicsI. 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 and soil in the hydrological cycle ■the role of soil water in runoff, nutrient availability and biochemical fluxes IV. Landscape planning and land allocation ■spatial optimisation of land functions V. Towards a net zero land degradation word ■from assessment to implementation VI. Sustainable intensification ■soil and land management strategies and techniques VII. Data management and land information systems ■land quality and cadastral maps ■farming data VIII. Economic land evaluation IX. Global issues, local processes and solutions ■climate, biodiversity, desertification