Visions of planting walls of trees to block the expansion of the desert have long been
promoted but never realized. The green wall myth persists today even though it is premised …

Human Footprint, the pressure imposed on the eco-environment by changing ecological
processes and natural landscapes, is raising worldwide concerns on biodiversity and …

The land use and land cover change (LUCC) associated with climate change and human
activities is supposed to exert a significant effect on ecosystem functions in arid inland …

Land use and cover change (LUCC) can often threaten urban ecological space and cause
enormous impacts on the ecosystem, and sustainable ecological security patterns (ESPs) …

The conflict between the human-environment is more prominent in densely populated areas
(DPA) where urban expansion is increasingly disturbing the ecological environment …

China is prone to broad land degradation and thus has been implementing ecological
restoration projects (ERPs) since the reform and opening up. The extent of ERPs, as well as …

The rapid development of the social economy has promoted a continuous increase in the
intensity and scale of land use by humans, which has seriously affected the sustainable …

Ecological restoration is an important approach to improving landscape sustainability.
However, ecological restoration in drylands is strongly limited by water resources. Therefore …

Rapid developments associated with large-scale transport infrastructure have exacerbated
ecological risks, posing major threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services. Construction of …

Understanding the mechanisms that influence changes in ecosystem services (ESs) is
critical to the sustainable management of ecosystems. However, existing studies ignore the …