Soil carbon sequestration in the context of climate change mitigation: A review

CID Rodrigues, LM Brito, LJR Nunes - Soil Systems, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review article aims to acknowledge the multifaceted functions of soil, and given its
status as the largest terrestrial carbon store, to reaffirm its previously established importance …

Terraced landscapes: From an old best practice to a potential hazard for soil degradation due to land abandonment

P Tarolli, F Preti, N Romano - Anthropocene, 2014 - Elsevier
Among the most evident landscape signatures of the human fingerprint, the terraces related
to agricultural activities are of great importance. This technique is widely used in various …

Cropland abandonment in China: Patterns, drivers, and implications for food security

A Guo, W Yue, J Yang, B Xue, W Xiao, M Li… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grasping cropland abandonment patterns in China can help protect croplands, thereby
ensuring the perpetuation of nationwide food security. However, the pattern of long-term …

FORUM paper: The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs)

SD Keesstra, J Bouma, J Wallinga, P Tittonell… - Soil …, 2016 - soil.copernicus.org
In this FORUM paper we discuss how soil scientists can help to reach the recently adopted
UN Sustainable Development Goals in the most effective manner. Soil science, as a land …

Worldwide trends in the scientific production on rural depopulation, a bibliometric analysis using bibliometrix R-tool

R Rodríguez-Soler, J Uribe-Toril, JDP Valenciano - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The scientific production on rural depopulation has grown in recent years. However, a global
picture of the research carried out on this topic does not exist. The aim of this study is to …

Space–time process and drivers of land abandonment in Europe

T Lasanta, J Arnáez, N Pascual, P Ruiz-Flaño… - Catena, 2017 - Elsevier
Farmland abandonment in Europe is a major problem because of environmental,
socioeconomic and landscape implications. In this paper, a general view of the extent of …

Uncovering ecosystem service bundles through social preferences

B Martín-López, I Iniesta-Arandia, M García-Llorente… - PLoS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Ecosystem service assessments have increasingly been used to support environmental
management policies, mainly based on biophysical and economic indicators. However, few …

How is urbanization shaping agricultural land-use? Unraveling the nexus between farmland abandonment and urbanization in China

D Hou, F Meng, AV Prishchepov - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2021 - Elsevier
Urbanization often results in agricultural expansion but can also lead to farmland
abandonment. However, it remains unclear about the extent, exact timing and determinants …

Spatial variation in determinants of agricultural land abandonment in Europe

C Levers, M Schneider, AV Prishchepov, S Estel… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Agricultural abandonment is widespread and growing in many regions worldwide, often
because of agricultural intensification on productive lands, conservation policies, or the …

Farmland abandonment in Europe: An overview of drivers, consequences, and assessment of the sustainability implications

E Ustaoglu, MJ Collier - Environmental reviews, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
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 …