Central Asia's desertification challenge: Recent trends and drives explored with Google Earth Engine

S Zhao, J Ding, J Wang, X Ge, L Han, R Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Achieving land degradation neutrality (LDN) is considered critical to achieving sustainable
development goals. However, further research and an improved large-scale desertification …

Human-earth system dynamics in China's land use pattern transformation amidst climate fluctuations and human activities

X Huang, Y Liu, R Stouffs - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Amid rapid environmental changes, the interplay between climate change and human
activity is resha** land use, emphasizing the significance of human-earth system …

Remote sensing monitoring of mountain sustainable development goals (SDG15. 4): a systematic review

J Bian, J Zhao, A Li - International Journal of Digital Earth, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Mountains are widely acknowledged as essential components of terrestrial landscapes.
However, mountain ecosystems are particularly sensitive to climate and environmental …

Achieving land degradation neutrality: land-use planning and ecosystem approach

P Saik, I Koshkalda, L Bezuhla, N Stoiko… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The research purpose is to scientifically substantiate an integrated approach to
solving the problem of land degradation, based on the idea of land degradation neutrality …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting Fractional Shrub Cover in Heterogeneous Mediterranean Landscapes Using Machine Learning and Sentinel-2 Imagery

EK Cherif, R Lucas, T Ait Tchakoucht, I Gama, I Ribeiro… - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
Wildfires pose a growing threat to Mediterranean ecosystems. This study employs advanced
classification techniques for shrub fractional cover map** from satellite imagery in a fire …

Carbon reduction effect of comprehensive land consolidation and its configuration paths at the township level: A case study of Zhejiang Province, China

H Lu, Y Ding, J Zhang, W Wu, D Xu - Journal of Environmental …, 2025 - Elsevier
Changing land use is one of the main factors influencing global climate change and the
imbalance in the carbon cycle. Consequently, the focus of international organizations and …

Accelerating decline of habitat quality in Chinese border areas

Z Yue, C **ao, Z Feng, Y Wang, H Yan - Resources, Conservation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Borderlands frequently intersect with areas of biodiversity, encapsulating a variety of critical
ecosystems and serving as indispensable habitats for numerous cross-border species. With …

Spatio-Temporal Land-Use/Cover Change Dynamics Using Spatiotemporal Data Fusion Model and Google Earth Engine in Jilin Province, China

Z Liu, Y Han, R Zhu, C Qu, P Zhang, Y Xu, J Zhang… - Land, 2024 - mdpi.com
Jilin Province is located in the northeast of China, and has fragile ecosystems, and a
vulnerable environment. Large-scale, long time series, high-precision land-use/cover …

Challenges for sustainable development goal of land degradation neutrality in drylands: Evidence from the Northern Slope of the Tianshan Mountains, China

H Yu, D Yin, B Yang, Y Yang, F Chen - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The SDG 15.3. 1 target of Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) only has 15 years
from conception (in 2015) to realization (in 2030). Therefore, investigating the effectiveness …

Climate change enhances greening while human activities accelerate degradation in northern China's grasslands

F Cao, L Liu, Y Rong, N Jiang, L Zhao, Q Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2025 - Elsevier
Northern China's grasslands play a pivotal role in livestock production, energy utilization,
and ecosystem balance, both domestically and globally. However, they exhibit pronounced …