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Proposed global land indicators: Status report on GLII indicator formulation, disaggregation, data sources and methodology

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Proposed global land indicators: Status report on GLII indicator formulation, disaggregation, data sources and methodology

GLII Working Paper No 3


This document, compiled in October 2015, provides a status report on the development of the GLII land indicators, including the latest listing and formulations of proposed indicators, key elements for disaggregation, and broad considerations on data sources and methodologies for data collection and assessment. The proposed indicators and continuing development of the GLII indicator framework are informed by discussions with a GLII Data and Statistics Reference Group, convened by GLTN to assist in refining the full list of indicators indicator and defining the data sources and methods. This group has discussed extensively the latest formulations,  disaggregation, data sources and methodology of draft land indicators, in relation to the formulation of land indicators proposed for and now adopted for the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN) and United Nations Statistics Commission (UNSC).