Essential climate variables (ECVs) have been recognized as crucial information for
achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is an agreement on 54 ECVs to …

Planning for a sustainable future involves understanding the past and present problems
associated with urban centers. Rapid urbanization has caused significant adverse impacts …

We examine the evolution of European net sinks towards 2030 and the European Union's
(EU) climate neutrality target by 2050. The EU's current land use policy for 2021–2030 is …

Forests are of utmost importance for sustainability because of their ongoing contributions to
biodiversity protection, fertility management in agricultural areas, and the well-being of …

The natural ecosystems' replacement by farmland and the consequent biodiversity damage
(BD) for agriculture are one of the principal concerns worldwide. The development of the life …

Global burned area has declined by nearly one quarter between 1998 and 2015. Drylands
contain a large proportion of these global fires but there are important differences within the …

Introduction This paper investigates the links between deforestation and key economic,
social, environmental, and geographical variables. We focus on per capita GDP, total forest …

Lualaba Province, located in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
consists of five territories with varied dominant land uses: agriculture (Dilolo, Kapanga, and …

This paper argues that economic disasters represent a considerable risk for sustainability
objectives. To address this issue, two empirical methods are used. First, the relationship …

Around 75% of tropical deforestation in the XXI century has been driven by the expansion of
agriculture and forest plantations. Since 1990s, palm oil has been standing for a critical …