Grasslands are under severe threat from ongoing degradation, undermining their capacity to
support biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Yet, grasslands are largely …

Human use of land has been transforming Earth's ecology for millennia. From hunting and
foraging to burning the land to farming to industrial agriculture, increasingly intensive human …

Executive summary The health of the planet and its people are at risk. The deterioration of
the global commons—ie, the natural systems that support life on Earth—is exacerbating …

Agricultural land abandonment and its impacts on landscape features have been a striking
characteristic of many European rural areas over the last decades. Although previous …

There is a clear need for transformative change in the land management and food
production sectors to address the global land challenges of climate change mitigation …

Highlights•Land use model are a central tool in land system science.•There is a lack of new
land use modelling concepts published in recent years.•Land use models are frequently …

Abstract The European Green Deal sets targets for biodiversity, climate change, sustainable
farming, and rural development. For abandoned agricultural lands to contribute to these …

Land degradation is a critical issue globally requiring immediate actions for protecting
biodiversity and associated services provided by ecosystems that are supporting human …

Numerous countries have made voluntary commitments to conduct forest landscape
restoration over millions of hectares of degraded land in the coming decade. We consider …

Land degradation continues to be an enormous challenge to human societies, reducing
food security, emitting greenhouse gases and aerosols, driving the loss of biodiversity …