Major global initiatives such as the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) have overlooked the prospects of the river ecosystem in achieving SDGs (eg, SDGs …

The study presents the first comprehensive overview of ecosystem services (ES) research
from the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), a region often referred to as the 'water tower of Asia' …

Human activities are becoming increasingly diverse and disordered, especially in arid
areas, which affect ecosystem services more obviously. Conversely, ecosystem services …

Accounting for energy carbon emissions and analyzing the driving factors from a watershed
perspective is necessary and helpful for achieving emission reduction targets in arid …

Abstract Fractional Vegetation Coverage (FVC) is an essential indicator that captures
variations in vegetation and documents the impacts of climate change and human activity for …

There are many ways to define 'grasslands', but the central component of almost all of them
is Gramineae (Poaceae) species and an upper limit of tree cover in the overstory (Gibson …

Competition for water between agriculture and the environment is a growing problem in
irrigated regions across the globe, especially in endorheic basins with downstream …

Understanding contributions of climate change and human activities to changes in
streamflow is important for sustainable management of water resources in an arid area. This …

Assessments of ecosystem services (ES), that aim at informing decisions on land
management, are increasing in number around the globe. Despite selected success stories …

As most of the runoff resulting from snow-ice melt is related to climate change factors in the
arid region of northwest China, the risk to water resource systems threatens the socio …