Abstract Changes in land use and ecosystem services influence each other and such
changes have consequences for human wellbeing. In this paper, we review the research …

Forest loss and degradation are the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide. Rising global
wood demand threatens further damage to remaining native forests. Contrasting solutions …

Habitat transformations caused by human land-use change are considered major drivers of
ongoing biodiversity loss,–, and their impact on biodiversity is expected to increase further …

In this paper, ecosystem service flow was defined as a dynamic process in which the supply
of ecosystem services in a certain region compensates for the demand in other regions with …

There has been a recent surge of interest in remote sensing and its use in ecology and
conservation but this is the first book to focus explicitly on the NDVI (Normalised Difference …

Quantitative scenarios are coming of age as a tool for evaluating the impact of future
socioeconomic development pathways on biodiversity and ecosystem services. We analyze …

Global biodiversity change is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time.
Here, we review current scientific knowledge on global biodiversity change and identify the …

Land use change models are tools to support the analysis of the causes and consequences
of land use dynamics. Land use and land cover change (LUCC) has been recognized as an …

Consumption of globally traded agricultural commodities like soy and palm oil is one of the
primary causes of deforestation and biodiversity loss in some of the world's most species …

The crisis facing the world's oceans from plastics is well documented, yet there is little
knowledge of the perspectives, experiences and options of the coastal communities facing …