Increasing pressure on land resources necessitates landscape management strategies that
simultaneously deliver multiple benefits to numerous stakeholder groups with competing …

Abstract Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) have been studied extensively over the
past decade as an important policy tool for coordinating ecological protection and regional …

Global expansion of high-input annual grain crops and associated nitrogen (N) fertilizer use
can have negative consequences for the environment and human health. Nitrate nitrogen …

Ecosystem services (ES) underpin human well-being, but their complex synergies or trade-
offs are a challenge for matching ES supply and demand. This study presents a framework …

Understanding changes in land use and land cover (LULC) is a prerequisite for the
sustainable management of ecosystems, with implications for regulatory policy. In this study …

Land clearing and ecosystem degradation are primary causes of loss of biodiversity and
ecosystem services worldwide, putting at risk sustainable options for Earth and humankind …

Despite decades of policy that strives to reduce nutrient and sediment export from
agricultural fields, surface water quality in intensively managed agricultural landscapes …

The economic, technical and strategic factors are the three most important factors in
examining the crop** patterns in Iran. Iran is geographically located in a part of the planet …

Projecting land-use allocation under various scenarios can be useful for reconciling conflicts
between urbanization, food security, and ecological integrity throughout landscapes, but …

Grasslands cover a major share of the world's agricultural land and their management
influences ecosystem services. Spatially targeted policy instruments can increase the …