Forest transitions: from restoration to conservation and everything in between
Published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Forest transitions: from restoration to conservation and everything in between
Knowing the lay of the land: changes to land use and cover and landscape pattern in village tank cascade systems of Sri ...
Published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Social-ecological systems (SESs) possess a great diversity of land use and land cover (LULC) types with unique assemblages of biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, LULC changes due to landscape fragmentation are emerging as major threats to the system productivity of SESs around the world. This study examined changes to LULC extent and land...
Scaling-up sustainable land management in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa
Published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
A past–present–future lens of environmental change: blending applied paleoecology and participatory system dynamics mode...
Published in Frontiers in Conservation Science
Landscapes are social–ecological systems (SESs) that produce ecosystem services, which change over time in response to environmental, biotic, and social drivers. Failure to consider this variability, and the feedbacks that can stabilize or destabilize systems, can have consequences for sustainable ecosystem services provision. This study applies a ...
Spatiotemporal changes in land use and residential satisfaction in the Huai River-Gaoyou Lake Rim area
Published in Open Geosciences
This research investigates the dynamic interplay between land use changes and landscape ecological risks in China’s Jiangsu Province, specifically focusing on the Huai River-Gaoyou Lake region. Leveraging multi-temporal remote sensing data from 2000 to 2020, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of shifting land cover patterns and their implication...
Sustainable rangeland management toolkit for resilient pastoral systems
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INNOVATION PROFILE of Sustainable rangeland management toolkit with a holistic and multidisciplinary approach for addressing the biophysical and sociocultural aspects under changing climate and land use leading towards more resilient pastoral systems.
Bush encroachment in sub-Saharan Africa: causes, impacts, and management strategies - A review
Bush encroachment, the spread of woody vegetation into grass-dominated areas, poses a significant threat to Sub-Saharan Africa's rangelands, biodiversity, and local communities. Climate change, overgrazing, improper fire management, and invasive species contribute to this ecological phenomenon, impacting plant diversity, animal habitats, livestock ...
Mapping parcels and plot boundaries as ground truths for high resolution characterization of mixed farming systems in Ma...
Mitigating CO2 emissions from cultivated peatlands: Efficiency of straws and wood chips applications in maintaining carb...
Published in Frontiers in Soil Science
Repeated applications of straw and wood chips were recently proposed as a conservation strategy for preserving cultivated peatland carbon (C) stock. However, the variability in the amendment biostability and the possible divergent responses of contrasting peat soils need to be assessed. This study investigated the effect of amendment with different...
Reforestation and sylvopastoral systems in Sahelian drylands: evaluating return on investment from provisioning ecosyste...
Published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Since the 1960s, droughts have caused significant degradation of Sahelian ecosystems, particularly resulting in a reduction in tree cover. Despite the challenges posed by climate change, the rural Sahelian population continues to depend on natural resources for pastoral livestock farming, which remains a critical source of livelihood. To address th...
