This study examines state-owned forest areas in Heilongjiang Province, China, and uses
statistical data from 2011 to 2019 to evaluate the dynamic coupling and coordination …

Cultivated land fragmentation (CLF) has severely affected China's agricultural production
efficiency, large-scale operations, agricultural modernization, and food security. Exploring …

The decline of ecological connectivity poses a challenge for China as it faces a continuous
loss of biodiversity. However, this phenomenon also increases the country's natural reserves …

Integrating water and sediment analysis with land use brings significant results in
understanding the transformations in the watershed and assessing anthropic actions. We …

Although protected areas (PAs) are designed to safeguard natural ecosystems from
anthropic modifications, many PAs worldwide are subjected to numerous human-induced …

The unit area value-based method has been widely used in ecosystem service value
assessment research. This method assumes that the area of landscape elements and their …

While South and Southeast Asian countries have experienced resilient economic growth
over the years, the region has also been a global hotspot for biodiversity loss. Thus, this …

Exploring the influence of settlement patterns on the landscape fragmentation in woodlands
and biological reserves is key to achieving ecologically sustainable development. In this …

The present study aims to disclose the importance existing protected areas (PAs) and their
level of protection for the conservation of the threatened Brazilian butterflies. A total of 898 …

This book offers an original perspective on food supply chains. It argues that the ability to
trade food on a global scale could be intrinsically good aside from any instrumental value …