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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Butchart SHM, Crowe O, Scott T, Plumptre AJ, Eldred M, McKee E, Waliczky Z, Hasani IA, Azpiroz AB, Baisero D, Barasa F, Beresford AE, Bezeng BS, Boyd C, Brooks TM, Buchanan G, Bunting G, Capellan S, Cox N, Davenport TRB, Davies TE, Togna GD, Elliott W, Foster M, Gilbert J, Handley JM, Juffe-Bignoli D, Jones VR, Kingston N, Kivono J, Lamoreux J, Langhammer PF, Lewis J, Liggitt B, Marnewick D, Matiku P, McCreless E, Neugarten RA, Numa C, O'Brien M, Rao M, Raudsepp-Hearne C, Ray JC, Rijal S, Rodríguez JP, Sapijanskas J, Sechrest W, Sneary M, Snyder A, Spiliopoulou K, Starnes T, Tobar C, Surya G, Tognelli MF, Tordoff AW, Toscano MG, Trisurat Y, Upgren A.   +57 more
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Adaptation and Response in Drylands: A Dryland Research Agenda and Campaign Strategy. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
The Adaptation and Response in Drylands (ARID) campaign was selected by NASA as a scoping study to develop a research agenda for a dryland field campaign. Here, we detail our ARID science research agenda and implementation plan that were developed based on an extensive community engagement effort in over 160 events with over a thousand scientists, land
Feldman AF, Reed SC, Wessels K, Ojima D, Moore DJP, Smith WK, Hanan NP, Amaral C, Babst F, Biederman JA, Litvak M, MacBean N, Poulter B, Scott RL, Babst-Kostecka A, Green JK, Kokaly RF, Pavlick R, Swap R, Serbin SP, Tucker CJ, Wang L, Watts J, Flores A, Leaf JR, Cruz S, Tulley N, Washington-Allen RA, Prentice K, Kachergis E, Reyes J, Ryan J, SanClements MD, Loescher HW, Leidner AK, Swetnam T.   +35 more
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Land degradation in Serbia and Montenegro and official frameworks in the function of combating desertification

Glasnik Šumarskog Fakulteta Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci, 2005
Desertification today causes great damage worldwide, which is measured by several milliards of dollars. 110 countries of the world have arid and/or semi-arid areas and as such they represent potentially threatened countries by the process of ...
Grozdana Gajić, Vojislav Đeković
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Managing Agricultural Soils of Pakistan for Food and Climate

Soil & Environment, 2018
Pakistan; a predominantly arid land region; has a large, growing, urbanizing and increasingly affluent population. Soil and water resources are finite, with per capita arable land area of 0.10 ha by 2050, and prone to degradation by inappropriate ...
Rattan Lal
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Land Restoration as a Catalyst for Regional Economic Revitalization: Evidence From Urban–Rural Transition Zones

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large‐scale land restoration is widely expected to improve environmental quality, yet causal evidence on its local economic returns remains limited. This gap is especially important in urban–rural transition zones, where development pressure and ecological damage overlap.
Rui Sun, Jichao Zhou, Yali Li, Xin Cheng, Ziru Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A framework for integrating resilience indicators into risk assessments

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Globally, ecosystems are increasingly threatened by climate change and human pressures, yet ecosystem risk assessments predominantly emphasize exposure to stressors while overlooking intrinsic ecosystem resilience—the capacity to absorb and recover from disturbances.
Benoît Pichon, Sophie Donnet, Isabelle Gounand, Madhur Anand, Sonia Kéfi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Unfolding Desert: Observed Structural Drying and Projected Aridity Risks in a Brazilian Family Farming Citizenship Territory

Land Degradation &Development, Volume 37, Issue 15, Page 10944-10959, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Aridification in Semiarid regions is a recurring theme in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports and has been documented in Northeastern Brazil. This study analyzes the spatiotemporal dynamics of aridification in the Lower São Francisco River “Citizenship Territory” (Sergipe and Alagoas) at a fine spatial resolution (~1 km ...
Carlos Eduardo Pacheco Lima, Júlio Roberto Araújo de Amorim, Marcus Aurélio Soares Cruz, Mariana Rodrigues Fontenelle   +3 more
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Topic: Smallholder Farmers' Adaptation Practices to the Effects of Land Degradation on Livelihoods in Semi‐Arid Ghana

Land Degradation &Development, Volume 37, Issue 15, Page 11459-11473, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Although several environmental challenges exist globally, land degradation is the greatest threat and risk factor wedging human livelihoods. Despite widespread awareness of climate change, little empirical evidence exists on land degradation and its impacts on livelihoods in semi‐arid agroecological systems.
Philip Aniah, Raymond Agyepong Antwi, Miriam Afi Kosi, Makemie Jumanne Mabula   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Earth observations for climate adaptation: tracking progress towards the Global Goal on Adaptation through satellite-derived indicators

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
As climate change intensifies, adaptation is essential. This Perspective explores how space-based Earth Observation (EO) data can support tracking progress under the Paris Agreement's Global Goal on Adaptation.
Sarah Connors, Rochelle Schneider, Johanna Nalau, Michelle Hawkins, Sofia Ferdini, Ying Wang, Michael Rast, Kristin Aunan, Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Mark Dowell, Claire Dufau, Caroline Gevaert, Matti Goldberg, Aaron Golden, Andrew Kruczkiewicz, Thelma Krug, Timo Leiter, Tatiana Loboda, Cromwel Lukorito, Antonio Moreno-Rodenas, Naledzani Mudau, Brian O’Connor, Ana Oliveira, Louis Reymondin, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Apolline Saucy, Chris Trisos, Ambrosiol Yobánolo del Rea   +27 more
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Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security: Land Management–Based Strategies Within a Nature‐Based Solutions Framework

Land Degradation &Development, Volume 37, Issue 13, Page 9155-9189, 15 August 2026.
ABSTRACT Climate change poses serious threats to food security by affecting agricultural production processes in multiple ways. This study aims to analyze land management–based solution strategies that can be developed in response to this threat and presents a systematic and holistic framework through the relationship these strategies establish with ...
Nihal Genc, H. Ebru Colak
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