Coastal ecosystems provide a number of life-sustaining services, from which benefits to
humans can be derived. They are often inhabited by aquatic vegetation, such as mangroves …

Concern over the loss of mangrove ecosystems often focuses on their role in protecting
coastal communities from storms that damage property and cause deaths and injury. With …

Abstract Changes in land use in an agro-pastoral region affect the delivery of ecosystem
services. The trajectory of future land use change and its impacts on human society are not …

As a result of economics and policy, land-use/land-cover change (LUCC) in China has
undergone a series of complicated changes over the past three decades. However, the …

This chapter provides an overview of the latest developments in mapping ecosystem
services. It aims to provide an answer to the following two questions: What aspects of …

Increasing human activities worldwide have significantly altered the natural ecosystems and
consequently, the services they provide. This is no exception in Nigeria, where land …

As a highly valuable region that provides multiple important ecosystem services, the Qinghai-
Tibetan Plateau is vulnerable to climate change and human activities, which have induced …

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) have been increasingly dominated by carbon dioxide (CO2) with
its negative effects on the global climatic system. Malaysia has forest land around 67% of the …

Anthropogenic activities have significantly reshaped the environmental landscape and
altered land composition, thereby negatively affecting the structures and functions of …

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 …