Vast expanses of tropical forests worldwide are being impacted by selective logging. We
evaluate the environmental impacts of such logging and conclude that natural timber …

Healthy soils provide a wide range of ecosystem services. But soil erosion (one component
of land degradation) jeopardizes the sustainable delivery of these services worldwide, and …

Soil Health refers to the ecological equilibrium and the functionality of a soil and its capacity
to maintain a well balanced ecosystem with high biodiversity above and below surface, and …

Vegetation reconstruction on opencast coal-mine dumps is an effective way to reduce runoff
and soil erosion and is a key to restoring ecosystems in ecologically sensitive regions. To …

Ecological restoration can mitigate human disturbance to the natural environment and
restore ecosystem functions. China's Grain-for-Green Programme (GFGP) has been widely …

The southern of the Shaanxi Province in central China is a region of great magnitude for
water conservation. Long term anthropogenic interference in terms of deforestation and …

Ecosystem service (ES) supply and demand, as well as their interactions, are vital aspects of
ES research in the context of sustainable ecosystem management. In this study, we …

Erosion influences the vertical and horizontal distribution patterns of soil and soil organic
carbon (SOC) at a landscape scale. To further understand the effect of erosion on SOC and …

Soil erosion is a critical environmental problem of the Loess Plateau, China. As an important
project for soil and water conservation in the semi-arid environment, the Grain-for-Green …

Forest degradation is broadly defined as a reduction in the capacity of a forest to produce
ecosystem services such as carbon storage and wood products as a result of anthropogenic …