Increasing food security and preventing further loss of biodiversity are two of humanity's
most pressing challenges. Yet, efforts to address these challenges often lead to situations of …

Both within science and society, transdisciplinary approaches are increasingly employed to
address today's sustainability challenges. Often transdisciplinary research processes are …

Abstract Context Around 30% of European agricultural landscapes are classified as high
nature value (HNV) farmlands. Current policies emphasize the multifunctionality of these …

Food security faces many multifaceted challenges, with effects ranging far beyond the
sectors of agriculture and food science and involving all the multiscale components of …

Disturbance by biomass removal is a crucial mechanism maintaining the diversity of
Palaearctic grasslands, which are unique biodiversity hotspots. The century-long traditional …

Background. Since the High Nature Value (HNV) concept was defined in the early 1990s,
several studies on HNV farmland has been increasing over the past 30 years in Europe …

Transformational research frameworks provide understanding and guidance for fostering
change towards sustainability. They comprise stages of system understanding, visioning …

Wood-pastures are agroforestry systems created and maintained by multifunctional
management. As such, wood-pasture systems provide a model ecosystem for the …

Aim Past land use legacy effects—extinction debts and immigration credits—might be
particularly pronounced in regions characterized by complex and dynamic landscape …

Traditional rural social–ecological systems (SES) share many features which are crucial for
sustainable development. Eastern European countries such as Romania, are still rich in …