Archaeological and cultural heritage (ACH), one of the core carriers of cultural diversity on
our planet, has a direct bearing on the sustainable development of mankind. Documenting …

Old-growth forests (OGF) provide valuable ecosystem services such as habitat provision,
carbon sequestration or recreation maintaining biodiversity, carbon storage, or human well …

Historical land use strongly influences current landscapes and ecosystems making maps of
historical land cover an important reference point. However, the earliest satellite-based land …

After 1991, major events, such as the collapse of socialism and the transition to market
economies, caused land use change across the former USSR and affected forests in …

More frequent and severe droughts have affected forest ecosystems throughout Europe in
recent decades. In Central Europe, large-scale dieback of Norway spruce has, for example …

Forest nationalization policies in developing countries have often led to a reduction in local
forest ownership rights and short-or long-term exploitative behaviors of stakeholders. The …

Background The recent rise in temperature and shifting precipitation regimes threaten
ecosystems around the globe to different degrees. Treelines are expected to respond to …

Human activities have fundamentally changed Earth's climate and land surface in the latter
half of the 20th century, leading to the proposal of a new geologic epoch known as the …

Highlights•We modeled agricultural land-use change during and after the Chechen
Wars.•Agricultural lands closer to conflicts were more prone to be abandoned.•Conflict …

Climate change is affecting forest ecosystems globally, in particular through warming as well
as increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme events. Norway spruce (Picea abies …