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Agricultural landscapes provide the essential ecosystem service of food to growing human populations; at the same time, agricultural expansion to incr...

Nature-based solutions (NbS) can prevent further climate change and increase local communities' capacity to adapt to the current impacts of climate ch...

Land degradation is a major threat to food security in Sub Saharan Africa. Low infiltration rates in degraded soils increase the risk of surface runof...

Many savannas are experiencing increased cover of trees and shrubs, resulting in reduced herbaceous productivity, shifts in savanna functional structu...

This review assessess the information contained in publicly available literature with a view to enabling Natural England to improve the advice that th...

The aims of this Natural England cross-cutting Evidence project were: (1) To collate information and identify knowledge gaps on carbon stocks (both in...

Human interventions have had unintended consequences for the diverse functions of various ecosystems. Hydrological interventions have the potential to...

The long history of river regulation has resulted in extensively changed ecosystem structures and processes in rivers and their associated environment...

Population loss in rural areas is rapidly increasing in high-income countries, raising concerns and debate, given its socio-economic consequences. Des...

Meeting fundamental human needs while also maintaining ecosystem function and services is the central challenge of sustainability science. In the dens...