Land use and land cover change (LUCC) affects regional climate through modifications in
the water balance and energy budget. These impacts are frequently expressed by: changes …

As one of the few countries in Latin America to have reversed persistent losses in tree cover,
Chile may hold important insights for forest transition theory. However, existing studies have …

In response to the important benefits forests provide, there is a growing effort to reforest the
world. Past policies and current commitments indicate that many of these forests will be …

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 …

Background Land use/land cover (LU/LC) change is the challenging and continuous drivers
of environment change. Understanding the rate and process of change is, therefore, basic …

Deforestation and fragmentation are major components of global change; both are
contributing to the rapid loss of tropical forest area with important implications for ecosystem …

Continual, historical, and precise information about the land use and land cover (LULC)
changes of the Earth's surface is extremely important for any kind of sustainable …

Stretching over 4300 km north to south, Chile is a special country with complicated
landscapes and rich biodiversity. Accurate and timely updated land cover map of Chile in …

This paper qualitatively examined urbanization impacts at an eco-regional scale by
analyzing landscape pattern and ecosystem service value changes in four eco-regions in …

Over the last few decades, dramatic land-use changes have occurred throughout Israel.
Previously-grazed areas have been afforested, converted to irrigated or rain-fed agriculture …