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Reduced river discharge and flow regulation are significant threats to freshwater biodiversity. An accurate representation of potential damage of water consumption on freshwater biodiversity is required to quantify...

See the world’s forests in a new light: Take a look at our forests from two different vantage points. Along the way, you’ll get some fascinating insights...

The purpose of A Guide to Forest–Water Management is to improve the global information base on the protective functions of forests for soil and water. It reviews emerging techniques and methodologies, provides guidance...

Climate change poses a significant threat to global biodiversity, but freshwater fishes have been largely ignored in climate change assessments. Here, we assess threats...

This Policy Brief is offered to the Saudi T20 process, as a recommendation to the G20 in 2020. The challenge to produce more food to meet the growing world demand requires a careful, integrated...

A fast pacing climate change exacerbates the multitude of human impacts. Several reports highlighted (e.g., Magurran, 2016; Lewis et al., 2017; Diffenbaugh et...

Sustainable food systems are high on the political and research agendas. One of the three pillars of sustainability is environmental sustainability. We argue that, when defining related...

The incidence of hunger is now at one in nine people on the planet, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)1, which marks a notable decline despite an equally...

The EAT-Lancet universal healthy reference diet recommends an increase in the consumption of healthy foods, among which treenuts and groundnuts. Both are, however, water-intensive products, with a large...

The world's largest afforestation programs implemented by China made a great contribution to the global “greening up.” These programs have received worldwide attention due to its...