Forest ecosystems are divided into three major groups: boreal, temperate, and tropical.
These can be subdivided according to the particularities of each type due to its relative …

Abstract Changes in land use in an agro-pastoral region affect the delivery of ecosystem
services. The trajectory of future land use change and its impacts on human society are not …

The reconstruction of millennial-scale interactions between ecosystems and societies can
provide unique and valuable references for understanding the creation of cultural …

Being a relatively less known driver of land vulnerability to degradation in Southern Europe,
the net impact of urban expansion on land quality depletion requires a comparative …

Southern Europe is a hotspot for desertification risk because of the intimate impact of soil
deterioration, landscape transformations, rising human pressure, and climate change. In this …

Land degradation is considered to be a major environmental problem of the European
continent, especially in the Mediterranean region. This study aims to deliver new results in …

Studies on soil degradation are essential for environmental preservation. Since almost 30%
of the global soils are degraded, it is important to study and map them for improving their …

Land desertification is recognized as a major threat to soil resources in arid, semi-arid
Mediterranean areas. The use of widely applicable methodologies can facilitate the …

The couple rapid urbanization and policy failure in controlling urban expansion was
sometimes associated to soil and land degradation phenomena in both developing and …

Land degradation and desertification (LDD) is one of the greatest ecological challenges of
today, with climate change resulting from anthropogenic factors a major cause of it. Recent …