Agrobiodiversity is often touted as a crucial adaptation strategy to mitigate risks linked to
climate change by increasing the response capability of a system to external shocks and …

As a type of peri-urban green space with natural environments and countryside features,
country parks provide numerous ecosystem services (ES) for human beings. In China, the …

Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) are diffusing slowly, well below historical expectations and
government targets. To elucidate key factors that may explain this sluggish growth, we …

The reality for conservation of biodiversity across our planet is that all ecosystems are
modified by humans in some way or another. Thus, biodiversity conservation needs to be …

Pronounced environmental gradients of tropical mountains result in interconnected social-
ecological systems of great cultural and biological diversity and high provision of essential …

The global shift toward agricultural specialization in the 20th century led to unprecedented
ecological and socioeconomic changes, both positive and negative, in rural landscapes …

Expanding food production to commensurate with population growth has often come at a
cost resulting from environmental problems. Industries generate pollutants that destroy the …

A fundamental challenge is to understand and navigate trade-offs between ecosystem
services (ES) in dynamic landscapes and to account for interactions between local people …

Futures thinking is a key competency in sustainability studies, and the field is currently
experiencing a strong surge in participatory scenario development and visioning …

Human-driven land use change can result in unequitable outcomes in the provision and
appropriation of ecosystem services (ES). To better address equity-related effects of land …