# Land Degradation Assessment ### **Full report** **The IPBES Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration**\ DOI: > IPBES (2018). The IPBES Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration. Montanarella, L., Scholes, R., and Brainich, A. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. DOI: Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Land_Degradation/Bib/Land_Degradation_Full_Report.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Land_Degradation/Ris/Land_Degradation_Full_Report.ris). ### **Summary for Policy Makers** **Summary for policymakers of the assessment report on land degradation and restoration of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services**\ DOI: > IPBES (2018). Summary for policymakers of the assessment report on land degradation and restoration of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Scholes, R., Montanarella, L., Brainich, A., Barger, N., ten Brink, B., Cantele, M., Erasmus, B., Fisher, J., Gardner, T., Holland, T. G., Kohler, F., Kotiaho, J. S., Von Maltitz, G., Nangendo, G., Pandit, R., Parrotta, J., Potts, M. D., Prince, S., Sankaran, M., and Willemen, L. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. DOI: Download the [BibTeX file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Land_Degradation/Bib/Land_Degradation_SPM.bib). Download the [RIS file here](https://ipbesdata.github.io/Citations/Land_Degradation/Ris/Land_Degradation_SPM.ris). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://ict.ipbes.net/ipbes-ict-guide/data-and-knowledge-management/citations-of-ipbes-assessments/land-degradation-assessment.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.