The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized
world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding and responding …

Agroecology increasingly has gained scientific and policy recognition as having potential to
address environmental and social issues within food production, but concerns have been …

We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation,
climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we …

Global agriculture puts heavy pressure on planetary boundaries, posing the challenge to
achieve future food security without compromising Earth system resilience. On the basis of …

Human use of land has been transforming Earth's ecology for millennia. From hunting and
foraging to burning the land to farming to industrial agriculture, increasingly intensive human …

Much of the Earth's biosphere has been appropriated for the production of harvestable
biomass in the form of food, fuel and fibre. Here we show that the simplification and …

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

Simple Summary Poultry production can function as an instrument for poverty alleviation and
economic development. As low-income countries transition into higher incomes alongside …

Land abandonment is a process widespread in many regions of the world as a
consequence of socio-economic conditions and changes on the use of land. Research has …