There is worldwide concern about the environmental costs of conventional intensification of
agriculture. Growing evidence suggests that ecological intensification of mainstream farming …

Tremendous progress in ecosystem service mapping across the world has moved the
concept of ecosystem services forward towards an increasingly useful tool for policy and …

We conducted an analysis of global forest cover to reveal that 70% of remaining forest is
within 1 km of the forest's edge, subject to the degrading effects of fragmentation. A synthesis …

Ecological restoration can mitigate human disturbance to the natural environment and
restore ecosystem functions. China's Grain-for-Green Programme (GFGP) has been widely …

Ecosystem services (ES) clarifies nature's contribution to human in an intuitive way, and
aims at fully recognizing the importance of nature in the decision-making of social-ecological …

Scholarly journal publications on the topic of ecosystem services have substantially grown
throughout the past decade, which is evidenced by an expanding world-wide research base …

Despite advances in understanding the effects of landscape structure on ecosystem services
(ES), many challenges related to these complex spatial interactions remain. In particular, the …

How to manage multiple ecosystem services (ES) in complex social-ecological systems
during rapid urbanization is a key challenge for sustainable development. We used the ES …

Voluntary sustainability standards and certification offer a promising mechanism to mitigate
the severe negative impacts of agricultural expansion and intensification on tropical …

Highlights•Agriculture dominates natural resource consumption and is both dependent on,
and a provider of ecosystem services.•Agriculture can be managed make positive …