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Vegetation change and land tenure in Mexico: A country-wide analysis
(Pergamon, 2013-01)
There is an ongoing debate on the effect different property regimes have on the use of natural resources and land conversion (i.e., deforestation or reforestation). Much of the discussion has been centered on the two main ...
Future Land-Use Changes and the Potential for Novelty in Ecosystems of the United States
(2015-12)
Rapid global changes due to changing land use, climate, and non-native species are altering environmental conditions, resulting in more novel communities with unprecedented species combinations. Understanding how future ...
Sustainable intensification in land systems: trade-offs, scales, and contexts
(Elsevier, 2019-06)
Sustainable intensification of agricultural production is expected to be an important pathway for achieving future food security while protecting the environment. Recognizing that there is no single answer to how different ...
Regeneration responses to climate and land-use change of four subtropical tree species of the southern Central Andes
(Elsevier Science, 2018-05)
Land-use and climate change are impacting species and ecosystems around the world. The reproductive phase of plants is especially vulnerable to environmental change. Global environmental changes normally act collectively ...
How may deforestation rates and political instruments affect land use patterns and Carbon emissions in the semi-arid Chaco, Argentina?
(Pergamon, 2020-12)
In the last decades, dry Chaco forests experienced both intensive deforestation and land use changes. The intensification of deforestation at the national level led to the enactment of the National Forest Law (N° 26.331) ...
Agriculture adjustment, land-use transition and protected areas in Northwestern Argentina
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2009-02)
Land-use change is the main component of regional environmental change, while protected areas represent a direct land use policy to prevent its potentially negative effects on biodiversity and environmental services. We ...
A global assessment of amphibian and reptile responses to land-use changes
(Elsevier, 2021-01)
Human land-use changes represent the most important drivers of biodiversity loss, and amphibians and reptiles represent the most threatened groups of vertebrates globally. However, today there is a general lack of knowledge ...
Human-natural system sustainability in Buenos Aires province, Argentina
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012-12)
The Argentinean Pampean plain has been under agriculture and farming since colonial times. Its loessic soils have the highest production capacity in Argentina, in spite of which it is suffering extensive land use change ...
Drivers of agricultural land - use change in the Argentine Pampas and Chaco regions
(2018-02)
Agricultural expansion and intensification in South America's dry forests and grasslands increase agricultural production, but also result in major environmental trade-offs. The Pampas and Chaco regions of Argentina have ...
The potential impact of economic policies on future land-use conversions in Argentina
(2018)
Agricultural expansion and intensification drive the conversion of natural areas worldwide. Scenarios are powerful tools to explore possible future changes in agricultural land use, how these may affect the environment, ...