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Trends.Earth User Guide

• Preamble
• Features
  • Land Degradation and SDG 15.3.1
    • Sub-indicators
    • Combining indicators
  • UNCCD Reporting - SDG 15.3.1
    • Sub-indicators
    • Combining indicators
  • UNCCD Strategic Objective 2 (SO 2)
    • To improve the living conditions of affected populations
  • UNCCD Strategic Objective 3 (SO 3)
    • To mitigate, adapt to, and manage the effects of drought in order to enhance resilience of vulnerable populations and ecosystems.
    • SO3 Level I indicator (SO 3-1 Hazard)
    • SO3 Level II indicator (SO 3-2 Exposure)
    • SO3 Level III indicator (SO 3-3 Vulnerability)
  • Land Consumption and SDG 11.3.1
    • Background
    • Indicator and data needs
    • Land consumption
    • Population growth
    • Trends in SDG 11.3.1
  • Carbon Emissions from Deforestation
    • Background
    • Indicator and data needs
  • Carbon Sequestration from Restoration
    • Background
    • Indicator and data needs
• Getting Started
  • Installing Trends.Earth
    • QGIS installation
    • Trends.Earth installation
    • Trends.Earth registration
  • Browser
    • Trends.Earth Browser Application
• Training Manual
  • Settings
    • Introduction
    • Trends.Earth login information
    • Region of Interest
    • Custom land cover classes
    • Reports
    • Advanced
  • Land Degradation
    • Land Degradation Sub-indicators
    • Calculate SDG 15.3.1 Indicator and UNCCD’s SO 2-3
    • SDG 15.3.1 Land Degradation Summary
    • Custom Data - Productivity
    • Custom Data - Land Cover
    • Custom Data - SOC
    • Exploring NDVI (Plot Data)
  • Drought
    • Default data for UNCCD SO 3
    • Summarizing SO 3 indicators for reporting to UNCCD
  • UNCCD Reporting
    • Generate data package for UNCCD reporting
  • Land Consumption
    • Exploring the Urban Mapper
    • Step 1: Built-up series
    • Step 2: Urban change
    • Extra: Water frequency parameter
  • Carbon
    • Calculate change in carbon
    • Change in carbon summary table
  • Restoration
    • Estimate potential impacts of restoration
    • Table summarizing likely changes in biomass
  • Dataset Metadata
  • False Positives/Negatives
  • Dataset Reports
    • View Dataset Output Reports
    • Open Report Layouts
  • Adding a Basemap
  • Computing Pyramids
• Frequently asked questions
  • General Questions
    • Is there a user group I can share experiences with and learn from?
    • How do I find more information on the project?
    • How can I provide feedback on the tool?
  • Installation of Trends.Earth
    • What version of Quantum GIS (QGIS) do I need for the toolbox?
    • Do I need to download a 32-bit or 64 bit version of QGIS?
    • How do I install the plugin?
    • How do I upgrade the plugin?
    • How do I uninstall the plugin?
  • Datasets
    • When will you update datasets for the current year?
    • Is there an option to download the original data?
    • Will the toolbox support higher resolution datasets?
    • Can the toolbox support analysis with national-level datasets?
  • Methods
    • Who was the default time period for the analysis determined?
    • Productivity
    • Land cover
    • Carbon stocks
  • Land degradation outputs
    • How were the layers combined to define the final land degradation layer?
    • Why do I see areas the data says are improving or degrading when I know they are not?
    • All of the sub-indicators are measuring vegetation: how does this contribute to understanding and identifying land degradation?
  • Future plans
    • When will there be an offline version of the toolbox?
    • Will you create a trends.earth toolbox for ESRI users?
• Datasets (input and output)
  • Input datasets
    • NDVI
    • Soil Moisture
    • Precipitation and Drought
    • Evapotranspiration
    • Land cover
    • Soil carbon
    • Agroecological Zones
    • Administrative Boundaries
    • Population
  • Output datasets
    • Land degradation (SDG 15.3.1)
    • Drought hazard, vulnerability, and exposure
    • Sustainable urbanization (SDG 11.3.1)
    • Population
• Designing Reports
  • Prerequisites
  • Layout Expression Variables
    • Job Variables
    • Layer Variables
    • Report Settings Variables
  • Template Types
    • Full Template
    • Simple Template
  • Designing Report Templates
    • Creating A New One
    • Modifying an Existing One
    • Adding Layout Items
  • Configuring Report Parameters
    • template_info
    • output_options
    • item_scope_mapping
    • output_format
  • Resetting to Default Templates and Configuration
• Downloads
  • SDG Indicator 15.3.1 (UNCCD Strategic Objectives 1 and 2)
  • Drought hazard, vulnerability and exposure (UNCCD Strategic Objective 3)