Integrated pest management: good intentions, hard realities. A review

JP Deguine, JN Aubertot, RJ Flor, F Lescourret… - Agronomy for …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Integrated Pest Management (IPM) provides an illustration of how crop protection
has (or has not) evolved over the past six decades. Throughout this period, IPM has …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing of soil degradation: Progress and perspective

J Wang, J Zhen, W Hu, S Chen, I Lizaga… - International Soil and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soils constitute one of the most critical natural resources and maintaining their health is vital
for agricultural development and ecological sustainability, providing many essential …

Emerging signals of declining forest resilience under climate change

G Forzieri, V Dakos, NG McDowell, A Ramdane… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Forest ecosystems depend on their capacity to withstand and recover from natural and
anthropogenic perturbations (that is, their resilience) 1. Experimental evidence of sudden …

Abrupt increase in harvested forest area over Europe after 2015

G Ceccherini, G Duveiller, G Grassi, G Lemoine… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Forests provide a series of ecosystem services that are crucial to our society. In the
European Union (EU), forests account for approximately 38% of the total land surface. These …

The future of bioenergy

WV Reid, MK Ali, CB Field - Global change biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Energy from biomass plays a large and growing role in the global energy system. Energy
from biomass can make significant contributions to reducing carbon emissions, especially …

Beyond “bluespace” and “greenspace”: A narrative review of possible health benefits from exposure to other natural landscapes

H Li, MHEM Browning, A Rigolon, LR Larson… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous studies have highlighted the physical and mental health benefits of contact with
nature, typically in landscapes characterized by plants (ie,“greenspace”) and water …

Relationship of insect biomass and richness with land use along a climate gradient

J Uhler, S Redlich, J Zhang, T Hothorn… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Recently reported insect declines have raised both political and social concern. Although
the declines have been attributed to land use and climate change, supporting evidence …

Nature-based solutions in the urban context: Terminology, classification and scoring for urban challenges and ecosystem services

JAC Castellar, LA Popartan, J Pueyo-Ros… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The concept of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) has emerged to foster sustainable
development by transversally addressing social, economic, and environmental urban …

Will climate change promote future invasions?

C Bellard, W Thuiller, B Leroy, P Genovesi… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasion is increasingly recognized as one of the greatest threats to biodiversity.
Using ensemble forecasts from species distribution models to project future suitable areas of …

Sustainable agricultural practices for food security and ecosystem services

A Rehman, M Farooq, DJ Lee… - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
The notion of food security is a global phenomenon that impinges on every human. Efforts to
increase productivity and yields have historically degraded the environment and reduced …