Concepts & Theory

The driving forces of landscape change in Europe: A systematic review of the evidence
Over the past decades, landscapes worldwide have experienced changes (e.g., urbanization, agricultural intensification, expansion of …
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The Emerging Soybean Production Frontier in Southern Africa: Conservation Challenges and the Role of South-South Telecouplings
Soybean expansion has been a strong driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss in South America (SAM). Here, we highlight strong …
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The impacts of warfare and armed conflict on land systems
Land-use decisions can change abruptly in response to shocks, and warfare and armed conflicts are among the most drastic and globally …
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Exploring ecosystem-change and society through a landscape lens: recent progress in European landscape research
Landscapes are closely linked to human well-being, but they are undergoing rapid and fundamental change. Understanding the societal …
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Transitions in European land-management regimes between 1800 and 2010
Land use is a cornerstone of human civilization, but also intrinsically linked to many global sustainability challenges—from climate …
Martin Rudbeck Jepsen, Tobias Kuemmerle, Daniel Mueller, Karlheinz Erb, Peter H. Verburg, Helmut Haberl, Jens Peter Vesterager, Maja Andric, Marc Antrop, Gunnar Austrheim, Ismo Bjorn, Alberte Bondeau, Matthias Burgi, Jessica Bryson, Gilles Caspar, Louis F. Cassar, Elisabeth Conrad, Pavel Chromy, Vidmantas Daugirdas, Veerle Van Eetvelde, Ramon Elena-Rossello, Urs Gimmi, Zita Izakovicova, Vit Jancak, Ulf Jansson, Drago Kladnik, Jacek Kozak, Eva Konkoly-Gyuro, Fridolin Krausmann, Ulo Mander, John McDonagh, Jaan Parn, Maria Niedertscheider, Olgerts Nikodemus, Katarzyna Ostapowicz, Marta Perez-Soba, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Gintaras Ribokas, Mark Rounsevell, Despoina Schistou, Claude Schmit, Theano S. Terkenli, Aud M. Tretvik, Piotr Trzepacz, Angheluta Vadineanu, Ariane Walz, Edvin Zhllima, Anette Reenberg
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Using optimization methods to align food production and biodiversity conservation beyond land sharing and land sparing
Aligning food production with biodiversity conservation is one of the greatest challenges of our time. One framing of this challenge is …
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Finite land resources and competition
Today, global land use is affected by a variety of factors, including urbanization and the growing interconnectedness of economies and …
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Forest and agricultural land change in the Carpathian region—A meta-analysis of long-term patterns and drivers of change
Humans have altered land cover for centuries, and land-cover change is a main component of global change. Land use transition …
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Land Sparing Versus Land Sharing: Moving Forward
To address the challenges of biodiversity conservation and commodity production, a framework has been proposed that distinguishes …
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A conceptual framework for analysing and measuring land-use intensity
Large knowledge gaps currently exist that limit our ability to understand and characterise dynamics and patterns of land-use intensity: …
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