Abandonment landscapes: user attitudes, alternative futures and land management in Castro Laboreiro, Portugal
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DOI: 10.1007/s10113-018-1294-x
Abstract: Land abandonment is an important process for the European Union, which primarily occurs in less productive, remote and mountainous areas with unfavourable conditions for agriculture. Future management directions of these abandonment areas are under debate,… read more here.
Keywords: land abandonment; management; abandonment; abandonment landscapes ... See more keywords
Reforestation dynamics after land abandonment: a trajectory analysis in Mediterranean mountain landscapes
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DOI: 10.1007/s10113-018-1368-9
Abstract: Reforestation after land abandonment across Mediterranean mountains, together with the related landscape pattern dynamics and its possible impacts on the natural flora and fauna are issues that need further research efforts. This research, based on… read more here.
Keywords: mediterranean mountain; trajectory; land abandonment; trajectory analysis ... See more keywords
Land abandonment in Poland after the collapse of socialism: Over a quarter of a century of increasing tree cover on agricultural land
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.06.017
Abstract: Abstract Land abandonment is an important topic of discussion in many European countries but is particularly relevant for Central and Eastern Europe. When analyzing this issue, a major challenge is to assess the extent and… read more here.
Keywords: abandonment poland; land abandonment; tree cover; land ... See more keywords
Biofuel feedstock plantations closure and land abandonment in Ghana: New directions for land studies in Sub-Saharan Africa
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105492
Abstract: Abstract Biofuel production is promoted in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to address multiple policy objectives, including energy security, rural development, and climate mitigation. However, several biofuel plantations have been closed or abandoned for various reasons, including… read more here.
Keywords: biofuel; land abandonment; closure; sub saharan ... See more keywords
Agricultural Land Abandonment and Retirement Mapping in the Northern China Crop-Pasture Band Using Temporal Consistency Check and Trajectory-Based Change Detection Approach
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2021.3121816
Abstract: Agricultural land abandonment and retirement are important and lead to different types of land use and cover change. Generally, abandonment and retirement are caused by different social and environmental factors and result in different ecological… read more here.
Keywords: change; land; agricultural land; abandonment retirement ... See more keywords
Race and the Production of Extreme Land Abandonment in the American Rust Belt
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DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12588
Abstract: Abstract: Extreme land abandonment is one of the most visible expressions of urban decline. Conventional theory emphasizes housing lifecycle processes, municipal fiscal challenges and deindustrialization to explain its prevalence. Empirically however, these factors are not… read more here.
Keywords: abandonment american; land abandonment; extreme land; american rust ... See more keywords
Rural land abandonment is too ephemeral to provide major benefits for biodiversity and climate
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm8999
Abstract: Hundreds of millions of hectares of cropland have been abandoned globally since 1950 due to demographic, economic, and environmental changes. This abandonment has been seen as an important opportunity for carbon sequestration and habitat restoration;… read more here.
Keywords: biodiversity; recultivation; land abandonment; provide ... See more keywords
Abandoning land transforms biodiversity
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DOI: 10.1126/science.adf1099
Abstract: Description Land abandonment is critical when assessing global biodiversity and conservation Land abandonment and rural depopulation are accelerating globally. In less than 50 years, the proportion of the human population living in rural areas has… read more here.
Keywords: abandoning land; land; biodiversity; transforms biodiversity ... See more keywords
Socio-economic drivers of irrigated paddy land abandonment and agro-ecosystem degradation: Evidence from Japanese agricultural census data
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266997
Abstract: The abandonment of irrigated paddy land has increased in Japan, which can cause a decline in food security and biodiversity. Despite the importance of individual decisions, most studies have only examined regional or community-based determinants… read more here.
Keywords: land abandonment; socio economic; irrigated paddy; land ... See more keywords
Do Disease and Pest Control Outsourcing Services Reduce Arable Land Abandonment? Evidence from China
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811398
Abstract: Arable land abandonment has been occurring in China in recent years. Although an emerging number of studies have investigated the impacts of urbanization and labor migration on arable land abandonment, little is known about what… read more here.
Keywords: outsourcing services; arable land; disease pest; pest control ... See more keywords
Land Abandonment in Mountain Areas of the EU: An Inevitable Side Effect of Farming Modernization and Neglected Threat to Sustainable Land Use
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DOI: 10.3390/land10060591
Abstract: In a period of rising concern for sustainable land management systems to achieve food security at a global scale, land-use changes demand increased attention. This study assesses the past observations and future risk calculations for… read more here.
Keywords: mountain areas; land abandonment; sustainable land; land ... See more keywords