In Europe, in the last decades, there have been significant changes in the categories of agricultural land use, in the two main directions of change: intensification and extensification. The main objective of this paper aims to analyze the main factors that influenced these changes in Romania at...

Integrating resilience and vulnerability components is critical in understanding urbanization impacts on farming household livelihood strategies. This study aims to combine methods and concepts of resilience and vulnerability, that are independently analyzed by previous research to grasp...

This paper develops a tractable integrated assessment model of the two-way interaction between biodiversity and the economy. To capture the main causes of biodiversity loss and the economic harm from it, we focus on agriculture and its expansion at the expense of forest land. We answer the...

The role of permanent carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere is currently the subject of intensive discussion within the context of developing a new EU emis­sions reduction target for 2040 and a German long-term strategy on negative emissions. At the same time, a short-term strategy...

Legume crops, the production of which is related to their use in animal nutrition (referred to in this study as "legumes for livestock-LL" and include species such as bean, lupin, pea, vetch and clover), have positive effects on the economic performance of farms and environmental outcomes,...

"Sustainability" is a diverse and contested concept that cannot be reduced to a single definition or practice. We propose the concept of "plural sustainabilities" to raise awareness of how different worldviews, knowledge systems, and values shape understandings of sustainability, recognizing the...

EU Missions are large-scale initiatives under Horizon Europe designed to tackle major global challenges, such as climate change, cancer, soil health, ocean restoration, and the development of climate-neutral and smart cities. They set clear, time-bound goals and bring together research, policy,...

Considering the crucial role played by the services land uses in cities, the provision of adequate availability of these land uses in different parts of the city and their fair distribution among different areas are important in urban planning and are considered one of the important duties in...

Allocating Brazilian undesignated public forests (UPF) to specific land-use categories is advocated as essential for improved forest governance. In 2010, a 1.3-million-hectare area of UPF in eastern Amazon, known as the Mamuru-Arapiuns Glebas, underwent a land-use planning and allocation...

The Environmental Footprint (EF) methods, recommended by the European Commission, offer a framework for assessing the environmental impact of various sectors. This report outlines the findings from the Agricultural Working Group (AWG), milestone 3, focusing on emissions related to feed digestion...

This paper examines the fiscal and extra-fiscal effects of decentralizing the collection of Brazil's rural land tax from the federal level to local governments. Using a difference-in-differences research design, we assess the impact of local tax enforcement on revenue, land use, and...

The dynamics of land use and land cover are significantly impacted by population growth, mobility, and demand. The objectives of this study are to identify the transition of land-use changes in the vicinity of Mirik Lake between 1990 and 2020. The study uses satellite imagery obtained from the...

Land tenure for Indigenous peoples and local communities in forested areas can improve livelihoods and protect forests while recognizing territorial and human rights. Yet little is known about the relationship between land tenure and deforestation within Quilombola territories (QTs) of...

Competition for land is a key challenge for decarbonized energy transitions. Open-space solar energy farms are gaining in importance but have large land requirements and displace agricultural production. Agrivoltaics offers a compromise, integrating solar panels into existing farming operations....

Access to land is one of the key factors of farm growth. However, related research is characterised by important gaps, in particular, facing the change over time in the nature and role of drivers of the land market. The objective of this paper is to identify the endogenous and exogenous factors...

European soils and their status is a matter of concern that has entered the policy arena and the objective to restore soil health is part of the Soil strategy to 2030. Aim of this study is to explore the integration of the concept of soil health and the provision of soil ecosystem service by...

Background: The utilization of satellite images has become increasingly popular for detecting land usage, focusing on agricultural land classification in recent years, due to the significant decline in bees. Objectives: This paper seeks to address these challenges by applying several machine...

Soil pollution is a significant environmental issue in Europe, driven by various factors such as industrial activity, urban areas, transport sector, agriculture, and hazards and military activities. Comprehensive, EU-wide large-scale assessments of soil pollution are scarce, and most data at the...

The European Climate Law mandates the European Union's climate neutrality objectives by 2050, aligning with the European Green Deal and interim greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets. The Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sectors play a crucial role due to their dual...

Die Flächenneuinanspruchnahme für Siedlung und Verkehr ist deutlich vom bundespolitischen Ziel „unter 30 Hektar pro Tag“ entfernt. Zwar haben verschiedene Bundesländer das Ziel des Bundes in adaptierten Landeszielen aufgenommen. Allerdings erfolgte bisher keine Operationalisierung in Form...

Preserving ecosystem services and economic and environmental benefits will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate specific landscape features. In this paper we define the term, agricultural landscape simplification, as the reduced compositional and configurational...

Present land-use forms, such as former coal mines turned into lakes, solar parks, wind farms, mixed/test forests and biological (organic) agriculture, cater more for ‘human wellbeing’ orbuilding sustainable economies than to the overall ecological well-being of landscapes that include...

Rural poverty and unemployment remain persistent challenges in Indonesia, particularly in regions where agricultural development is uneven and land conversion accelerates socio-economic disparities. These conditions are highly relevant because rural areas serve as the backbone of food security,...

Weather variability disrupts food grain production and agricultural sustainability. While existing literature highlights the stationary relationship between weather variables and agricultural outcomes, it often overlooks their bearing on land use changes. This study investigates the dynamic...

The paper aims to recognize the mechanism by which production-linked payments stimulate the inputs of production factors in agriculture and the mechanism for transforming subsidies into remuneration for production factors. The study is theoretical, and the research methods used are economic...

Land restoration programmes are an increasingly popular tool to reduce degradation and increase livelihoods. This study aims to summarize the available evidence on the socioeconomic impacts of interventions aiming to promote land restoration or prevent land degradation, including agroforestry,...