Grasping cropland abandonment patterns in China can help protect croplands, thereby
ensuring the perpetuation of nationwide food security. However, the pattern of long-term …

Promoting low-carbon agriculture is vital for climate action and food security. State farms
serve as crucial agricultural production bases in China and are essential in reducing China's …

Land cover is the physical material at the surface of the Earth. As the cause and result of
global environmental change, land cover change (LCC) influences the global energy …

This study aims to analyze and assess studies published from 1992 to 2019 and listed in the
Web of Science (WOS) and Current Contents (CC) databases, and to identify agricultural …

As an important production base for livestock and a unique ecological zone in China, the
northeast Tibetan Plateau has experienced dramatic land use/land cover (LULC) changes …

The region of Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar in northeastern Libya has undergone rapid, wide-ranging
changes in the land use and land cover (LULC) intensified by the conversion of natural …

Spatial–temporal analysis of land-use/land-cover (LULC) change as well as the monitoring
and modeling of urban expansion are essential for the planning and management of urban …

Poverty is a key issue restricting rural sustainable development; concurrently, regional land
degradation impedes agricultural development and rural revitalization. China faces severe …

The remote sensing ecological index (RSEI) has been established as a comprehensive
indicator to evaluating long–term ecological quality (EQ) changes. However, previous …

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs may bring unintended consequences to
the coupled socio-ecological system (SES) and incur unexpected feedbacks between social …