Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

Science, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 377(6611)

Published: Sept. 8, 2022

Tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates with profound impacts on ecosystems, climate, and livelihoods, prompting renewed commitments to halt its continuation. Although it is well established that agriculture a dominant driver of deforestation, mechanisms remain disputed often lack clear evidence base. We synthesize the best available pantropical provide clarity how drives deforestation. most (90 99%) across tropics 2011 2015 was driven by agriculture, only 45 65% deforested land became productive within few years. Therefore, ending likely requires combining measures create deforestation-free supply chains landscape governance interventions. highlight key remaining gaps including trends, commodity-specific land-use dynamics, data from tropical dry forests Africa.

Language: Английский

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Anthropogenic Land Use and Land Cover Changes—A Review on Its Environmental Consequences and Climate Change

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 50(8), P. 1615 - 1640

Published: June 7, 2022

Language: Английский

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The Role of Digital Agriculture in Mitigating Climate Change and Ensuring Food Security: An Overview

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(6), P. 5325 - 5325

Published: March 17, 2023

Digital agriculture involving different tools and management practices has advanced considerably in recent years, intending to overcome climate risk reduce food insecurity. Climate change its impacts on agricultural production security are significant sources of public concern worldwide. The objective this study was provide an overview the potential impact digital technologies that can greenhouse gas emissions enhance productivity while ensuring security. Based a comprehensive survey previously published works, it found due global warming, altered precipitation patterns, increase frequency extreme events, negatively impacted by reducing yields, slowing animal growth rates, decreasing livestock productivity. reviewed works also suggest using technology is necessary mitigate effect In addition, issues regarding creating sustainable systems, minimizing environmental pollution, increasing providing fair equitable distribution, malnutrition leading were discussed detail. It shown crucial role mitigating security, requires concerted effort from policymakers, researchers, farmers ensure benefits digitalization realized manner.

Language: Английский

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How Social Considerations Improve the Equity and Effectiveness of Ecosystem Restoration

BioScience, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 73(2), P. 134 - 148

Published: Dec. 14, 2022

Ecosystem restoration is an important means to address global sustainability challenges. However, scientific and policy discourse often overlooks the social processes that influence equity effectiveness of interventions. In present article, we outline how are critical can be better incorporated in science policy. Drawing from existing case studies, show projects align with local people's preferences implemented through inclusive governance more likely lead improved social, ecological, environmental outcomes. To underscore importance considerations restoration, overlay priority maps, population, Human Development Index (HDI) approximately 1.4 billion people, disproportionately belonging groups low HDI, live areas identified by previous studies as being high priority. We conclude five action points for promote equity-centered restoration.

Language: Английский

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Governing for Transformative Change across the Biodiversity–Climate–Society Nexus

BioScience, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 72(7), P. 684 - 704

Published: April 15, 2022

Abstract Transformative governance is key to addressing the global environmental crisis. We explore how transformative of complex biodiversity–climate–society interactions can be achieved, drawing on first joint report between Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change and Science-Policy Platform Biodiversity Ecosystem Services reflect current opportunities, barriers, challenges for governance. identify principles under a nexus frame using four case studies: forest ecosystems, marine urban environments, Arctic. The are focused creating conditions build multifunctional interventions, integration, innovation across scales; coalitions support; equitable approaches; positive social tipping dynamics. posit that building such not only possible but essential effectively keep climate change within desired 1.5 degrees Celsius mean temperature increase, halt ongoing accelerated decline biodiversity, promote human well-being.

Language: Английский

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Cultivated land loss and construction land expansion in China: Evidence from national land surveys in 1996, 2009 and 2019

Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 125, P. 106496 - 106496

Published: Dec. 6, 2022

Language: Английский

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The neglected role of abandoned cropland in supporting both food security and climate change mitigation

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: Sept. 28, 2023

Despite the looming land scarcity for agriculture, cropland abandonment is widespread globally. Abandoned can be reused to support food security and climate change mitigation. Here, we investigate potentials trade-offs of using global abandoned recultivation restoring forests by natural regrowth, with spatially-explicit modelling scenario analysis. We identify 101 Mha between 1992 2020, a capability concurrently delivering 29 363 Peta-calories yr

Language: Английский

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Overlooked risks and opportunities in groundwatersheds of the world’s protected areas

Nature Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 6(7), P. 855 - 864

Published: March 30, 2023

Language: Английский

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Global land deals: what has been done, what has changed, and what's next?

The Journal of Peasant Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 38

Published: March 14, 2024

In 2010, we formed the Land Deal Politics Initiative to study rising number of large-scale land deals taking place around world. We organised small grant competitions and conferences generate more empirical research debate. this article, take stock current state knowledge, as well ways in which context has changed since 2010. identify seven themes: evident variety deals; role financial capital; new technologies; institutional reforms; green grabbing; authoritarian populism; violence, consent, resistance. Ongoing climate politics profound geopolitical shifts demand further research.

Language: Английский

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Crop monitoring using remote sensing land use and land change data: Comparative analysis of deep learning methods using pre-trained CNN models

Big Data Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 36, P. 100448 - 100448

Published: March 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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