International initiative to monitor changes which impact on the sustainability of land resources in managed ecosystems. Involves World Bank, UNEP, UNDP, FAO and CGIAR.

Aims to produce indicators at local, national and global scales. Working on test sites in Senegal and Burkina Faso.

WWW site has information on project, text of LQI Newsletter. Full text materials and links to related sites are provided by the Land and Water Knowledge Management Node (LW-KMN) hosted by Ciesin.