News, updates, and changes to the LandScale guidelines and documentation, organized by date.
Instead of maintaining version numbers for the guidelines, all updates will now be tracked through this changelog for greater transparency and ease of reference.
9 July 2025
What’s new?
We’ve made a few minor updates to the assessment guidelines to strengthen guidance and support better planning:
Added a brief description at the start of 'Register assessment team members' to clarify what an assessment team is and what it does.
Moved 'Identify and register local reviewers' to Step A to highlight the importance of early planning and budgeting, even though the local review takes place in Step C.
Included a note in 'Select data resources' to encourage assessment teams to proactively consider how they might address any data gaps or data-deficient metrics in future assessments.
20 May 2025
What’s new?
The LandScale team is thrilled to launch our new guidelines on GitBook.
We've transitioned from static PDF guidelines (version 1.1) to a dynamic GitBook format for easier access and maintenance.
The new format includes AI-powered search functionality, the ability to export content as a PDF, and a feedback rating system to capture user satisfaction with the guidelines.
The guidelines content has been updated to reflect the revised workflow and platform design.
The categorizations of indicators and metrics in the assessment framework have been streamlined.
Previously:
Indicators were categorized as core, landscape-dependent, optional, or custom.
Metrics were categorized as required, recommended, or user-defined.
Now:
Indicators are categorized as either core or additional.
Metrics are categorized as either essential or complementary.
Previous guidelines documents
Before May 2025, the LandScale guidelines (version 1.1) were provided as step-specific PDF documents. All previous guideline documents are available for download below:
