Meat has become a controversial topic in public debates, as it involves multiple
sustainability dimensions. Here, we review global meat consumption trends and the various …

Ruminants including domestic livestock, have been accused of causing damaging impacts
on the global environment and human well-being. However, with appropriate management …

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to provide readers with an opportunity to reassess
their work and life in the face of an inevitable near term social collapse due to climate …

Soil carbon (C) sequestration in one of three main approaches to carbon dioxide removal
and storage through management of terrestrial ecosystems. Soil C sequestration relies of …

CONTEXT The potential of marginal lands to improve food security, support bioenergy
production or ecosystem services has globally got a lot of attention. Defining agricultural …

Soils are subject to varying degrees of direct or indirect human disturbance, constituting a
major global change driver. Factoring out natural from direct and indirect human influence is …

Soil organic matter (SOM) anchors global terrestrial productivity and food and fiber supply.
SOM retains water and soil nutrients and stores more global carbon than do plants and the …

Soil organisms are recognized as ecosystem engineers and key for aggregation in soil due
to bioturbation, organic matter (OM) decomposition, and excretion of biogenic OM. The …

Beef cattle have been identified as the largest livestock-sector contributor to greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions. Using life cycle analysis (LCA), several studies have concluded that grass …

Urban areas' population has grown during the last century and it is expected that over 60%
of the world population will live in cities by 2050. Urban parks provide several ecosystem …