This paper analyzed the interactions among China's economic growth and its energy
consumption, air emissions and air environmental protection investment during 2000–2007 …

Energy holds a key role in farm systems. Cultivation is based on the conversion of solar
energy into biomass of interest. Fossil energy allows mechanized and high-yield agricultural …

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

The overarching goal of this research was to provide sound strategies to further the
development of rapeseed farming and to increase the sustainability and productivity of …

In addition to achieving of food security in the long-run, the identification and introduction of
sustainable ecosystems is associated with the protection of natural resources and the …

The agricultural production in the drawdown zone of Three Gorges Reservoir of China has
been gradually attracting people's attention in recent years. As influenced by both excessive …

To appropriately support green development practices, there is an urgent need to improve
Ecosystem Services Valuation (ESV) accounting approaches. This paper establishes a non …

Traditionally, primary grain production systems in China have been on a small scale and are
associated with high costs and low labor productivity. Therefore, the substitution of small …

To address increasing demand, bean producers have intensified agricultural activities by
increasing application of industrial inputs. Such intensification can impose environmental …

Forests provide a multitude of benefits vital to the ecosystems, economies and people of
Maryland. While markets exist to set the price for an economic good like timber, ecosystem …