Scientists need a better and larger set of tools to validate land-use change models, because
it is essential to know a model’s prediction accuracy. This paper describes how to use the …

Does the intensification of agriculture reduce cultivated areas and, in so doing, spare some
lands by concentrating production on other lands? Such sparing is important for many …

The Ipswich watershed in northeastern Massachusetts, USA, is experiencing important land-use
changes, which are contributing to severe environmental problems such as …

Protected areas (PAs) are a foundational and essential strategy for reducing biodiversity loss.
However, many PAs around the world exist on paper only; thus, while logging and habitat …

The tensions between development and preservation of tropical forests heighten the need
for integrated assessments of deforestation processes and for models that address the fine-…

Despite a growing recognition that the solutions to current environmental problems will be
developed through collaborations between scientists and stakeholders, substantial …

One method to assess the sustainability performance of products is life cycle sustainability
assessment (LCSA), which assesses product performance considering the environmental, …

When people speak about ‘forest transitions’, they generalize about the ways in which the
extent of forested land changes as societies undergo industrialization and urbanization. …

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of current gaps of and challenges for LCA
structured into inventory, impact assessment, generic and evolving aspects. A total of 34 …

Shifting cultivators depend on forest biomass inputs to nourish their crops. For them, forest
resilience has an immediate impact: it affects crop productivity. A decline in the rate of …