Context The karst region of southwestern China, one of the largest continuous karsts in the
world, is known for its unique landscapes and rich biodiversity. This region has suffered …

Highlights•Knowledge about ecosystem service production and distribution can foster
sustainability.•Ecosystem service governance best practices can improve ecosystem …

With rising demand for biomass, cropland expansion and intensification represent the main
strategies to boost agricultural production, but are also major drivers of biodiversity decline …

Biodiversity conservation and human well-being are tightly interlinked. Yet, mismatches in
the scale at which these two priority issues are planned and implemented have exacerbated …

Ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that humans obtain from nature, are of great
importance for human well-being. The challenge of meeting the growing human demands …

A comprehensive understanding of the relationships among ecosystem services (ES) is
important for landscape management, decision-making and policy development, but …

Land systems are the result of human interactions with the natural environment.
Understanding the drivers, state, trends and impacts of different land systems on social and …

作为连接自然过程与社会过程的桥梁与纽带, 生态系统服务与人类福祉和可持续发展息息相关.
土地利用/覆盖变化(Land Use/Land Cover Change, LUCC) 是生态系统服务变化的重要原因之 …

Land-use transitions can enhance the livelihoods of smallholder farmers but potential
economic-ecological trade-offs remain poorly understood. Here, we present an …

Current large-scale patterns of land use reflect history, local traditions, and production costs,
much more so than they reflect biophysical potential or global supply and demand for food …