LDR is an interdisciplinary journal centering on terrestrial ecosystems degradation and restoration related research topics that cover a wide range of topics as follows:
- Soil degradation (water and wind erosion, soil pollution, soil physical and biological degradation and etc.)
- Climate change, drought, desertification, and dust storm
- Land use and land cover changes in natural and agricultural ecosystems
- Restoration of rangeland, forestland, desert and other terrestrial ecosystems
- Causes and impacts of land degradation
- Evaluation and monitoring of degraded land (Remote sensing, GIS, Geoinformatics, Eco-Informatics, Modeling and other new technologies and tools)
- Management and improvement of degraded land
- Socio-economoc issues of degradation and restoration
- Ecohydrology of degraded ecosystems
- Restoration of national parks and protected areas
