Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate

YJ Shin, GF Midgley, ERM Archer, A Arneth… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The two most urgent and interlinked environmental challenges humanity faces are climate
change and biodiversity loss. We are entering a pivotal decade for both the international …

Quantifying the contributions of human activities and climate change to vegetation net primary productivity dynamics in China from 2001 to 2016

W Ge, L Deng, F Wang, J Han - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Vegetation is an important component of the terrestrial ecosystem, driven by climate change
and human activities. Quantifying the relative contributions of climate change and …

Quantitative assessment of spatiotemporal dynamics in vegetation NPP, NEP and carbon sink capacity in the Weihe River Basin from 2001 to 2020

J Lyu, X Fu, C Lu, Y Zhang, P Luo, P Guo, A Huo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vegetation carbon storage is crucial role in terrestrial ecosystems, impacting material and
energy conversion processes. The combined influence of climate change and …

A systematic review of drivers and constraints on agricultural expansion in sub-Saharan Africa

NP Jellason, EJZ Robinson, ASA Chapman, D Neina… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding the dynamics of agricultural expansion, their drivers, and interactions is
critical for biodiversity conservation, ecosystem-services provision, and the future …

Quantifying influences of natural factors on vegetation NDVI changes based on geographical detector in Sichuan, western China

W Peng, T Kuang, S Tao - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
Many studies have revealed that Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is of vital
importance for research of ground surface processes and climatic changes. However …

Desertification

A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial and temporal characteristics of vegetation NDVI changes and the driving forces in Mongolia during 1982–2015

X Meng, X Gao, S Li, J Lei - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
As a result of the unique geographical characteristics, pastoral lifestyle, and economic
conditions in Mongolia, its fragile natural ecosystems are highly sensitive to climate change …

Quantifying influences of natural and anthropogenic factors on vegetation changes using structural equation modeling: A case study in Jiangsu Province, China

L Yang, F Shen, L Zhang, Y Cai, F Yi, C Zhou - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vegetation coverage in highly developed areas has been significantly altered in response to
multiple disturbances over recent decades. However, the major driving factor of vegetation …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of ecologically sensitive zones affected by climate change and anthropogenic activities in Southwest China through a NDVI-based spatial …

Y Xu, QY Dai, YG Lu, C Zhao, WT Huang, M Xu… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Revealing the driving mechanism of climatic change and anthropogenic activities on
vegetation variation and identifying the ecologically sensitive zones in Southwest China are …

Economic efficiency and targeting of the African Great Green Wall

A Mirzabaev, M Sacande, F Motlagh, A Shyrokaya… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Land degradation in the Sahel threatens livelihoods and food security. The Great Green
Wall programme is a colossal initiative to restore 100 million hectares of degraded …