As cropland management and land use shifted towards more intensive practices, global
land degradation increased drastically. Understanding relationships between ecological …

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) does not distinguish
between natural and human drivers, and between active and inherited desertification. Partly …

The Mediterranean region has been regarded as a critical hotspot for desertification due to
the impact of soil degradation, the land‐use changes and the climate variations. Few large …

Experiencing climate changes and increased human pressure, Mediterranean regions are
considered representative hotspots of desertification. However, relatively few studies have …

Based on evidence collected in 22 village communities from nine study sites situated in
Spain, Italy, Greece, Morocco and China, this study analyses the complex interlinkages …

Sown biodiverse permanent pastures rich in legumes (SBPPRL) were developed in
Portugal in the 1960s and 1970s as a strategy to increase grassland productivity by sowing …

Land abandonment is a global phenomenon whose environmental consequences are
difficult to assess. The Murcia region is one of the most arid regions in southern Europe and …

This paper is based on an integrated assessment of abandoned farmland in the Iberian
Southeast, a representative area of rich-biodiversity landscapes subject to strong physical …

Investigations were made of plant and soil responses to severe degradation through heavy
grazing and browsing in arid, succulent, subtropical thicket. Severe degradation of thicket is …

Social-ecological resilience (SER) expresses the capacity of a social-ecological system to
adapt and transform. We investigated the ways in which different types and transformations …