Exploring the multiple land degradation pathways across the planet

R Prăvălie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Land degradation has become one of the biggest environmental challenges human society
is currently facing, which is why understanding the global pattern of this land crisis is …

Exploring the research challenges and perspectives in ecophysiology of plants affected by salinity stress

M Trușcă, Ș Gâdea, R Vidican, V Stoian, A Vâtcă… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soil salinization processes have increased over the years and affect large parts of
agricultural fields. The purpose of this review was to highlight the most important aspects …

[HTML][HTML] NDVI-based ecological dynamics of forest vegetation and its relationship to climate change in Romania during 1987–2018

R Prăvălie, I Sîrodoev, IA Nita, C Patriche… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forests have become increasingly stressed by climate change, including in Romania over
recent decades, but their response to climate dynamics has not yet been analysed in this …

Watershed prioritization using morphometric analysis by MCDM approaches

P Sarkar, P Kumar, DK Vishwakarma, A Ashok… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the highly complex nature of human and ecological systems, soil erosion has
increased considerably. Therefore, understanding watersheds and future forecasting …

Environmental sensitivity assessment of land desertification in the Hexi Corridor, China

W Shao, Q Wang, Q Guan, J Zhang, X Yang, Z Liu - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to extreme climatic conditions and unreasonable human activities, the Hexi Corridor is
facing a serious threat of desertification. Based on the soil quality index (SQI) …

Monitoring land degradation and assessing its drivers to support sustainable development goal 15.3 in Central Asia

L Jiang, A Bao, G Jiapaer, R Liu, Y Yuan… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Land degradation has become one of the most critical environmental and socioeconomic
issues in the world, particularly in Central Asia. Moreover, the realization of Land …

Understanding land degradation induced by gully erosion from the perspective of different geoenvironmental factors

A Jaafari, S Janizadeh, HG Abdo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Complex interrelationships between landscape-level geoenvironmental factors and natural
phenomena have rendered land degradation control measures ineffective. For control to be …

Analysis of spatial-temporal patterns and driving mechanisms of land desertification in China

Y Ren, B Zhang, X Chen, X Liu - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Desertification is a major manifestation of land degradation in China. The monitoring and
assessment of land desertification in China and the analysis of its driving mechanisms are …

[HTML][HTML] Major drivers of land degradation risk in Western Serbia: Current trends and future scenarios

V Perović, R Kadović, V Đurđević, D Pavlović… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Land degradation and mitigation policies in the Mediterranean region: A brief commentary

R Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, D Smiraglia, G Quaranta… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Land degradation is more evident where conditions of environmental vulnerability already
exist because of arid climate and unsustainable forms of land exploitation. Consequently …