Assessing the effects of China's three-north shelter forest program over 40 years

J Zhai, L Wang, Y Liu, C Wang, X Mao - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Forests provide vital ecosystem services such as soil and water conservation, climate
regulation, and carbon storage. Large-scale afforestation programs are being attempted in …

Some evidence and new insights for feedback loops of human-nature interactions from a holistic Earth perspective

L Dong, Z Huang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The escalating global population and subsequent societal demands have contributed to a
notable upsurge in production activities, resulting in unprecedented anthropogenic …

Effects of land use and land cover change on soil organic carbon storage in the Hexi regions, Northwest China

Y Li, W Liu, Q Feng, M Zhu, L Yang, J Zhang - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil organic carbon (SOC) storage in arid inland regions is significantly affected by land use
and land cover change (LUCC) associated with climate change and agricultural activities. A …

Dynamics of land use, land cover change trend and its drivers in Jimma Geneti District, Western Ethiopia

A Hailu, S Mammo, M Kidane - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Information on Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) changes and the driving forces
behind such modifications underpin a proper understanding of the dynamics of LULC …

The impacts of land-use and land-cover change on wetland ecosystem service values in peri-urban and urban area of Bahir Dar City, Upper Blue Nile Basin …

WW Assefa, BG Eneyew, A Wondie - Ecological Processes, 2021 - Springer
Background Even though wetlands are essential in enhancing water quality and providing
recreation and entertainment opportunities in urban areas, their values are overlooked by …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying landscape pattern and ecosystem service value changes: A case study at the county level in the Chinese Loess Plateau

J Zhang, M Qu, C Wang, J Zhao, Y Cao - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Implementation of ecological restoration projects in the Chinese Loess Plateau has
improved the ecological environment significantly, and altered the structure of rural land use …

[HTML][HTML] An analysis of regional carbon stock response under land use structure change and multi-scenario prediction, a case study of Hefei, China

Y Wang, D Liang, J Wang, Y Zhang, F Chen, X Ma - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
As the largest global carbon pool system, terrestrial ecosystems have an important role to
maintain the stability of ecosystems. Human activities affect the structural changes in the …

Mitigation of urbanization effects on aquatic ecosystems by synchronous ecological restoration

H Fu, P Gaüzère, JG Molinos, P Zhang, H Zhang… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss have been caused by economic booms in
develo** countries over recent decades. In response, ecosystem restoration projects have …

[HTML][HTML] Map** land use/cover dynamics of the Yellow River Basin from 1986 to 2018 supported by Google Earth Engine

Q Ji, W Liang, B Fu, W Zhang, J Yan, Y Lü, C Yue… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Changes in the land use/cover alter the Earth system processes and affect the provision of
ecosystem services, posing a challenge to achieve sustainable development. In the past few …