Most businesses depend on biodiversity, either directly, indirectly as ecosystem services, or
through their supply chains. In negatively impacting biodiversity, businesses risk losing …

Assessments of pesticide impacts globally and holistic policies to address them require
accurate pesticide use data, but good use data are difficult to find. For comparable estimates …

Global drivers and carbon emissions associated with large-scale land transactions have
been poorly investigated. Here we examine major factors behind such transactions (income …

Increases in the number of large-scale land transactions (LSLTs), commonly known as 'land
grabbing'or 'global land rush,'have occurred throughout the lower-and middle-income world …

Environmental illiteracy threatens ecosystem functions globally, however, many continue to
deny its existence. Knowledge deficit theory suggests that suspicions will decrease once …

In the past two decades, large-scale land transactions (LSLTs), commonly known as land
grabs or large-scale land acquisitions, have been pursued by agricultural investors and host …

Under-taxation has been a prominent feature of the global land rush, figuring centrally in
early concerns that transnational land deals constitute a new round of land grabbing rather …

The scale and pace of land tenure change for agricultural development, often known as
'land grabbing'or 'global land rush,'are historically unprecedented. Control over millions of …

The accelerated growth of large-scale farming operations in developing countries, in
particular Africa, has raised concerns that smallholders may be negatively affected. Drawing …

Given current land degradation trends, Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN, SDG Target 15.3)
by 2030 could be difficult to attain. Solutions to avoid, reduce, and reverse land degradation …