Land Degradation & Development is an international journal which seeks to promote rational study of the recognition, monitoring, control and rehabilitation of degradation in terrestrial environments. The journal focuses on:

- what land degradation is;

- what causes land degradation;

- the impacts of land degradation

- the scale of land degradation;

- the history, current status or future trends of land degradation;

- avoidance, mitigation and control of land degradation;

- remedial actions to rehabilitate or restore degraded land;

- sustainable land management.

《Land Degradation & Development》是一本由WILEY出版商出版的专业农林科学期刊，该刊创刊于1996年，刊期Quarterly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE、SCI收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：农林科学 1区，小类学科：环境科学 2区；土壤科学 2区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q2。该刊发文范围涵盖环境科学等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外环境科学工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为4.377，平均审稿速度约3.0个月。