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Toward Smart Land Management: Land Acquisition and the Associated Challenges in Ghana. A Look into a Blockchain Digital Land Registry for Prospects

Land, 2021
Land acquisition in Ghana is fraught with challenges of multiple sales, numerous unofficial charges, unnecessary bureaucracies, intrusion of unqualified middlemen, and lack of transparency among others.
P. Ameyaw, W. D. de Vries
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Global 30 meters spatiotemporal 3D urban expansion dataset from 1990 to 2010

Scientific Data, 2023
Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of global 3D urban expansion over time is becoming increasingly crucial for achieving long-term development goals. In this study, we generated a global dataset of annual urban 3D expansion (1990–2010) using World
Tingting He, Kechao Wang, Wu Xiao, Suchen Xu, Mengmeng Li, Runjia Yang, Wenze Yue   +6 more
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Waterbody loss due to urban expansion of large Chinese cities in last three decades

Scientific Reports, 2022
Urban waterbodies are one of the most pertinent issues involved in multiple aspects of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, waterbodies in large Chinese cities are highly vulnerable to urban-land expansion, which is mostly due to economic ...
Wu Xiao, Wenqi Chen, Wenze Yue, Jingxuan Mu, Jianpeng Xu   +4 more
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Unraveling the Causal Mechanisms for Non-Grain Production of Cultivated Land: An Analysis Framework Applied in Liyang, China

Land, 2022
The excessive use of cultivated land for non-grain production activities is considered a threat to grain security. This study presents an analysis framework on unraveling the causal mechanisms for non-grain production of cultivated land.
Xianbo Cheng, Yu Tao, Conghong Huang, Jialin Yi, Dan Yi, Fei Wang, Qin Tao, Henghui Xi, Weixin Ou   +8 more
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Natural landscapes as a factor in the effective development of agriculture in the North Caucasus, Russia

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2020
Aim. Assessment of natural landscapes of the North Caucasus in order to increase the efficiency of their use for agriculture on the basis of modern updated data.Material and Methods.
S. N. Volkov, S. V. Savinova, E. V. Cherkashina, D. A. Shapovalov, V. V. Bratkov, P. V. Klyushin   +5 more
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Assessment of ensemble learning for object-based land cover mapping using multi-temporal Sentinel-1/2 images

Geocarto International, 2023
Accurate land cover mapping is challenging in Southeast Asia where cloud coverage is prevalent and landscape is heterogenous. Object-based mapping, multi-temporal images and combined use of optical and microwave data, provide abundant features in ...
Suchen Xu, Wu Xiao, Linlin Ruan, Wenqi Chen, Jingnan Du   +4 more
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Review of microplastic sources, transport pathways and correlations with other soil stressors: a journey from agricultural sites into the environment

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, 2022
This paper explores different interactions and processes involved in the transport of microplastics from agricultural systems to surrounding environments. We conducted an exhaustive review of the most recent scientific papers on microplastic transport in
Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Nicolas Beriot, Fabio Corradini, Vera Silva, Xiaomei Yang, Jantiene Baartman, Mahrooz Rezaei, Loes van Schaik, Michel Riksen, Violette Geissen   +9 more
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Continuous Detection of Surface-Mining Footprint in Copper Mine Using Google Earth Engine

Remote Sensing, 2021
Socioeconomic development is often dependent on the production of mining resources, but both opencast and underground mining harm vegetation and the eco-environment.
Maoxin Zhang, Tingting He, Guangyu Li, Wu Xiao, Haipeng Song, Debin Lu, Cifang Wu   +6 more
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RELATIONSHIP OF LAND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES WITH LAND MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

The Herald of KSUCTA, №3, 2021, 2021
This article examines the relationship between land management activities and land management functions that directly affect the development and growth of the economy in the agricultural sector.
A.T. Rasheva, U. T. Chortombaev
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Biodiversity in Locally Managed Lands [PDF]

Land, 2017
Decentralizing natural resource management to local people, especially in tropical countries, has become a trend. We review recent evidence for the impacts of decentralization on the biodiversity values of forests and forested landscapes, which encompass most of the biodiversity of the tropics.
Jeffrey Sayer, Chris Margules
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