Land degradation data for Central Asia

We provide two spatial distributions on the degradation state within Central Asia between 2000 and 2019. The file Degradation_status represents the overall degradation extent within the region (The file degradation_state_legend.txt provides the legend) . The file Degradation_status_soils depicts land degradation status considering soil quility. Soil quality is represented by regionally specific integrated indicator on soil quality (so-called "soil-bonitet"). The file Degradation_status_soils_legend provides the legend for the raster. All files are in the geotiff format and can be opened in standard GIS software.