Environmental and socio-economic developments induce land-use changes with potentially
negative impacts on human well-being. To counteract undesired developments, a profound …

In the last decades, there have been large areas of agricultural land that were abandoned in
Europe, producing significant social and environmental impacts. Land abandonment is a …

The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector encompasses managed
ecosystems and offers significant mitigation opportunities while delivering food, wood and …

A comprehensive understanding of the relationships among ecosystem services (ES) is
important for landscape management, decision-making and policy development, but …

Ecosystem services (ESs) are the largest benefits that humans derive directly or indirectly
from ecosystems. Inland river basins in arid zones have a variety of key ecosystem functions …

Although the ecosystem services provided by mountain grasslands have been
demonstrated to be highly vulnerable to environmental and management changes in the …

The lack of timely adaptation in agriculture may hamper prosperous farm developments by
neglecting risks and opportunities emerging from climate change. Understanding farmers' …

Ecosystem services are substantial elements for human society. The central challenge to
meet the human needs from ecosystems while sustain the Earth's life support systems …

Knowing how landscape structure affects the provision of ecosystem services (ES) is an
important first step toward better landscape planning. Because landscape structure is often …

Ecosystems have a huge impact on social systems through providing diverse services.
Sustainable management of social and ecological systems requires the quantification of …