In many countries agricultural land is a scarce resource, either due to natural conditions or
because of competition over land. An increased need for food globally, changing …

Animals form an integral part of our planetary ecosystem but balance is critical to effective
ecosystem functioning as demand for livestock products has increased, greater numbers of …

A severe decline in ecosystem services (ES) has accompanied the rapid development of
human societies. There is a growing interest in considering ES management from a systemic …

This study simulates the future impact of land use and land cover (LULC) change and the
enforcement of policy bundles on the multi-functionality of tropical forest landscapes. It …

Agriculture is widely recognized as critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs), but researchers, policymakers, and practitioners have multiple, often conflicting yet …

Co** with the growing impacts of flooding in EU countries, a paradigm shift in flood
management can be observed, moving from safety‐based towards risk‐based approaches …

Ecological land in rural settlements (ELRS) can directly provide many ecosystem services
for rural residents that are related to their well-being. This study selects landscape pattern …

Land use, land resource demands, and landscape management practices are linked to
many of the environmental, climatic, and socio-economic challenges faced by contemporary …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to quantitatively measure the vulnerability level of the
whole rural social-ecological system in Yunnan Province and to analyze the spatial …

Humans place strong pressure on land and have modified around 75% of Earth's terrestrial
surface. In this context, ecoregions and biomes, merely defined on the basis of their …