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The environmental impact of goats: uprooting the narrative

Frontiers in Animal Science
Every few years, an old story resurfaces in the popular media: goats are especially harmful to the environment because they uproot plants, preventing them from regrowing and thus turning grasslands into deserts.
Cara Loomis, Carol Kerven
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Redefining ecosystem integrity for an Anthropocene biosphere: a process‐ and lineage‐based framework for restoration

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Restoration increasingly operates in rapidly transforming landscapes shaped by human‐driven global change, where historical reference states no longer represent achievable or even desirable targets. Yet, ecological restoration and conservation management still rely on composition‐based definitions of ecosystem integrity that assume stable reference ...
Jens‐Christian Svenning
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Alternative approaches to dryland reclamation enhance vegetation cover and soil stability at a former uranium mine

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Conventional reclamation methods to recover dryland ecosystems after mineral extraction often have low success. Alternative reclamation techniques may help overcome the many challenges to establishing persistent native vegetation and stable soils.
Kathryn D. Eckhoff, Rebecca K. Mann, Seth M. Munson, Katherine Walton‐Day, Jo E. Hinck, Michael C. Duniway   +5 more
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Arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi diversity and population as affected by watershed management practices at Kara Soditti Watershed, Wenago district, Southern Ethiopia

Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract Land degradation is among a serious ecological problem that results in decreased land productivity, including soil nutrients and microbiota. Soil and water conservation (SWC) practices such as micro‐basin, Fanyaa juu, and soil bund construction are widely implemented to combat this degradation by reducing erosion and retaining water at Kara ...
Nigatu Ebisa Nemomsa, Beminet Ayalew, Wakshuma Yadesa Mergo, Tesfaye Teklesilassie, Abiot Legesse, Wajena Wae, Kidane Lelisa   +6 more
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Vegetation, Water Infiltration, and Soil Carbon Responses to Adaptive Multi‐Paddock and Conventional Grazing in Northern Great Plains, USA, Ranches

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Adaptive Multi‐Paddock (AMP) grazing involves alternating short‐duration, high‐intensity grazing with extended recovery periods. It offers the potential to regenerate degraded rangelands while enhancing productivity. We compared vegetation, soil carbon, and water infiltration responses between nine matched pairs of ranches in North and South ...
Steven I. Apfelbaum, Susan M. Lehnhardt, Jason Carlson, Ry Thompson, Isaac Welsh, Donald Waller, Peter Byck   +6 more
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Detecting Land Use Change Impacts on Streamflow by Combining Field Data and Water Balance Modelling

JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Volume 62, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Over the last half‐century, land use changes, including deforestation, urban sprawl, and open‐pit surface mining, have accelerated across the Susurluk Basin in northwestern Türkiye. This study analysed how land use changes, damming and mining activities affected basin hydrology using empirical and analytical methods and the process‐based Water
İsmail Bilal Peker, Eren Dağra Sökmen, Ning Liu, Sezar Gülbaz, Ge Sun, Steven G. McNulty, Yusuf Serengil   +6 more
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Drivers and Consequences of Land Degradation on Livestock Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Literature Review

Land
Land degradation is a major threat to sub-Saharan Africa rangelands, which are crucial for livestock farming and the livelihood of millions of people in the region.
Mhlangabezi Slayi, Leocadia Zhou, Admire Rukudzo Dzvene, Zolisanani Mpanyaro   +3 more
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Effect of a Trench Combined With Exclosure on Recovery of Herbaceous Biomass in Degraded Mountain Areas in Hawasa Watershed, Southern Ethiopia

Land Degradation &Development, Volume 37, Issue 8, Page 3372-3379, 15 May 2026.
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the restoration of herbaceous biomass in degraded mountain lands by comparing the impact of trenches established alongside exclosures (EX‐SWC) to exclosures alone (EX). To achieve the objective, herbaceous biomass was collected from areas restored using EX‐SWC and EX over three consecutive years ...
Shiferaw Alem, Tesfaye Hankamo, Hana Habrova   +2 more
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Degradation processes and the effectiveness of intensive grazing in foothill pastures of Uzbekistan

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionFoothill (adyr) rangelands of eastern Uzbekistan serve as a key forage resource for regional livestock systems but are increasingly affected by land degradation driven by grazing pressure and environmental variability.MethodsThis study ...
Rukhiddin Turaev, Kamola Khaitova, Ramziddin Sharopov, Bekzod Inamov, Obid Davronov, Sabirjan Isaev, Hulkaroy Tashbaeva, Hulkaroy Tashbaeva, Madina Tadjieva, Kozim Tokhirov, Sanjarbek Safaev   +10 more
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Complex causes and consequences of rangeland greening in South America – multiple interacting natural and anthropogenic drivers and simultaneous ecosystem degradation and recovery trends

, 2020
Wang Li, Robert Buitenwerf, Renata Nicora Chequín, Javier E. Florentín, Roberto M. Salas, Julia Carolina Mata, Li Wang, Zheng Niu, Jens‐Christian Svenning   +8 more
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