LULCC

Georgia's potentials for sustainable intensification, increasing food security and rural incomes
Increasing global demand for agricultural commodities spurs conversions of natural ecosystems. Sustainable intensification in areas of …
Florian Gollnow, Owen Cortner, Shijuan Chen, Pontus Olofsson, Rachael Garrett
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What is still at stake in the Gran Chaco? Social-ecological impacts of alternative land-system futures in a global deforestation hotspot.
Commodity agriculture continues to spread into tropical dry forests globally, eroding their social-ecological integrity. Understanding …
Christian Levers, Maria Piquer-Rodriguez, Florian Gollnow, Matthias Baumann, Micaela Camino, Néstor Ignacio Gasparri, Gregorio Ignacio Gavier-Pizarro, Yann le Polain de Waroux, Daniel Müller, Javier Nori, Florian Pötzschner, Alfredo Romero-Muñoz, Tobias Kuemmerle
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Exploring natural and social drivers of forest degradation in post-Soviet Georgia
The Caucasus Mountains harbor high concentrations of endemic species and provide an abundance of ecosystem services yet are …
Owen Cortner, Shijuan Chen, Pontus Olofsson, Florian Gollnow, Paata Torchinava, Rachael Garrett
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Socioecological transformations in the Republic of Georgia
How institutional changes and globalization affect land use and land cover change and rural livelihoods in Georgia