Abstract The concept of “Ecosystem Services (ES)” has gained global importance since the
1990s. Today its link to sustainable development and human welfare is well documented …

With the advent of big data, such data regarding the harmonious relationship of “people-land-
time” have also gradually entered into the fields of natural resource management. Ecological …

In the areas declared to be a tourism center by state planning, a rapid tourism-related
development occurs depending on the investments in tourism, which causes a dramatic land …

The purpose of this study, covering the northern Ulus district of Turkey, was to analyze the
forest and land use/land cover (LULC) changes in the past period from 2000 to 2020, and to …

Mediterranean coastal landscapes are complex systems that are subject to rapid and
extensive changes due to unprecedented human interference. Changes in these …

During the last decades, contrasted trends in forest fires among countries around the
Mediterranean basin have been observed. In the northern/western countries, Land Use …

One of the objectives of forest conservation is the set aside of unharvested areas. However,
the fragmentation and lack of connectivity of protected areas make the integration of …

Protected areas need to be monitored regularly to realize the effectiveness of conservation
measures. In this study, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve of Western Ghats has been …

We used geographical information system to analyze changes in forest ecosystem functions,
structure and composition in a typical department of forest management area consisting of …

The sustainable management of natural resources requires a thorough analysis of the land-
use and forest cover dynamics and the effective factors in the changes occurring in them …