In the last decades, there have been large areas of agricultural land that were abandoned in
Europe, producing significant social and environmental impacts. Land abandonment is a …

Background and aims In the last decades, large areas undergo a revegetation process as a
result of land abandonment, producing significant environmental and landscape impacts. In …

Cropland abandonment and subsequent revegetation processes (due to secondary
succession and afforestation practices) are global issues with important implications in …

The extraordinary population growth of the 20th century will subside in the 21st century,
followed by depopulation, constituting the first population decline phase in human history in …

Mediterranean mountains are sensitive agroecosystems that have suffered intense land use
and land cover changes (LULCC) during the last century. From the middle of the twentieth …

In recent decades the intensification of agricultural production in many European countries
has been one of the key components of land-use change. The impact of agricultural …

Rural landscape changes have attracted wide interest from related researchers. Economic
factors driving land use changes in rural areas have been studied frequently. Up to now …

Agricultural landscapes in mountainous areas are facing the destruction due to farmland
abandonment. A sustainable conservation mechanism is needed urgently for the rural areas …

Mediterranean rural settlements suffer from numerous environmental challenges,
specifically the annual decrease of the farmlands, climate change threats, and growing …

The Mediterranean agro-food systems need to be properly managed. A promising pathway
is the transition towards more sustainable food systems through agroecology, which …