Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

F Pendrill, TA Gardner, P Meyfroidt, UM Persson… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates with profound impacts on ecosystems,
climate, and livelihoods, prompting renewed commitments to halt its continuation. Although it …

The role of digital agriculture in mitigating climate change and ensuring food security: an overview

SK Balasundram, RR Shamshiri, S Sridhara, N Rizan - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Digital agriculture involving different tools and management practices has advanced
considerably in recent years, intending to overcome climate risk and reduce food insecurity …

The neglected role of abandoned cropland in supporting both food security and climate change mitigation

Q Zheng, T Ha, AV Prishchepov, Y Zeng, H Yin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the looming land scarcity for agriculture, cropland abandonment is widespread
globally. Abandoned cropland can be reused to support food security and climate change …

Anthropogenic land use and land cover changes—A review on its environmental consequences and climate change

PS Roy, RM Ramachandran, O Paul, PK Thakur… - Journal of the Indian …, 2022 - Springer
The global demand for food and bioenergy changes associated with land use and land
cover change (LULCC) has raised concerns about the environment, global warming, and …

How social considerations improve the equity and effectiveness of ecosystem restoration

S Löfqvist, F Kleinschroth, A Bey, A De Bremond… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Ecosystem restoration is an important means to address global sustainability challenges.
However, scientific and policy discourse often overlooks the social processes that influence …

Cultivated land loss and construction land expansion in China: Evidence from national land surveys in 1996, 2009 and 2019

Y Zhou, Z Zhong, G Cheng - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of cultivated land conservation and construction land expansion in
China and its provincial scale is still insufficient due to the lack of accurate and reliable data …

Cost-effectiveness of natural forest regeneration and plantations for climate mitigation

J Busch, JJ Bukoski, SC Cook-Patton, B Griscom… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Mitigating climate change cost-effectively requires identifying least-cost-per-ton GHG
abatement methods. Here, we estimate and map GHG abatement cost (US pertCO2) …

Governing for transformative change across the biodiversity–climate–society nexus

U Pascual, PD McElwee, SE Diamond, HT Ngo… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Transformative governance is key to addressing the global environmental crisis. We explore
how transformative governance of complex biodiversity–climate–society interactions can be …

Overlooked risks and opportunities in groundwatersheds of the world's protected areas

X Huggins, T Gleeson, D Serrano, S Zipper… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Protected areas are a key tool for conserving biodiversity, sustaining ecosystem services
and improving human well-being. Global initiatives that aim to expand and connect …

Reducing risks of antibiotics to crop production requires land system intensification within thresholds

F Zhao, L Yang, H Yen, Q Feng, M Li, L Chen - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Land system intensification has substantially enhanced crop production; however, it has
also created soil antibiotic pollution, undermining crop production. Here, we projected soil …