Abstract In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) aiming to achieve a better …

Current interest and debate on pollen-assemblage richness as a proxy for past plant
richness have prompted us to review recent developments in assessing whether modern …

Background The central thesis of plant ecology is that climate determines the global
distribution of vegetation. Within a vegetation type, however, finer‐scale environmental …

Geodiversity—the variability of Earth's surface materials, forms, and physical processes—is
an integral part of nature and crucial for sustaining ecosystems and their services. It provides …

Holistic conservation of ecosystem services (ES) requires a greater understanding of how
the interactions of biotic and abiotic aspects of nature provide them. Currently, geodiversity …

Geoconservation includes the protection of geoheritage features and geosites and the
application of geoconservation principles more generally in the sustainable management of …

Since the 1970s there has been a considerable expansion in biogeomorphological research
which considers the complex, two-way relationships between biological, ecological and …

Non-living and living nature are inherently connected. Geodiversity, which consists of the
variation in geology, soils, topography, geomorphology and hydrology, is seen as the …

The paper reports on geodiversity assessments of three national parks in Poland, performed
independently by experts and volunteers. Each national park selected for the study …

Current global environmental change calls for comprehensive and complementing
approaches for biodiversity conservation. According to recent research, consideration of the …