The world population is estimated to reach nine billion by 2050. Many challenges are
adding pressure on the current agriculture supply chains that include shrinking land sizes …

It is almost certainly the case that many populations have always existed as
metapopulations, leading to the conclusion that local extinctions are common and normally …

Mapping and monitoring of land use land cover (LULC) changes in the Himalayas is vital for
sustainable development, planning and management. Based on remote sensing (RS) and …

With limited land resources, inadequate energy supply, and growing water stress, South
Asia faces the challenge of providing enough water and energy to grow enough food for the …

Between 1990 and 2000, farmland birds showed a significant decline across Europe, a
trend not shared by bird assemblages of other habitats over the same period. Mean trends …

Mountain regions provide diverse goods and services to human society. At the same time,
mountain ecosystems are sensitive to rapid global development. Over the past 2 decades …

Summary 1 The spread and intensification of agriculture are recognized as two of the most
important global threats to wildlife. There are clear links between agricultural change and …

The process of development has led to the modification of river landscapes. This has
created imbalances between ecological, economic, and socio-cultural uses of ecosystem …

This study analysed long-term land-use and land-cover change (LUCC) in a highland
watershed covering an area of about 154 km2 in the Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia. Two sets of …

This study evaluates the requisition–compensation balance of farmland (RCBF) policy with
the telecoupling framework of" quantity-quality-productivity-ecological balance" in the middle …