Abstract In October 2015, the 12th Conference of the Parties (COP12) of the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) proposed a definition for land degradation …

Mitigating ecosystem degradation has been a worldwide strategy, and China has been
implementing land spatial ecological restoration for an all-around ecological preservation in …

Achieving land degradation neutrality (LDN) worldwide is a significant target of the
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG15. 3). Inner Mongolia, as a typical dryland region in …

Wind erosion is a typical natural hazard in arid and semiarid regions. In recent decades,
China has shown significant changes of greening trend due to a range of several ecological …

Wind erosion may have significant effects on both the environment and human activities.
Central Asia, a prominently affected region by wind erosion on a global scale, has been the …

The sand fixation ecosystem services and human activities on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
(QTP) play a crucial role in local sustainable development and ecosystem health, with …

Monitoring vegetation net primary productivity (NPP) is very important for evaluating
ecosystem health. However, the nonlinear characteristics of the vegetation NPP remain …

Land use affects ecosystem stability and agricultural ecological security in black soil regions.
Additional attention is required regarding the impact of different land-use patterns on black …

Although abundant studies have confirmed the positive effect of vegetation on runoff and soil
erosion reduction, few studies have clarified the effects of planting density and its …

Studies of the ecosystem services (ES) and human wellbeing (HWB) relationship have
proliferated in recent decades, but few have examined how ES affect HWB over time in a …