Many landscapes in the tropics consist of a mosaic of different types of land use. How people make use of these different ecosystems, with their particular plant communities, was unclear until now.

A new scientific report lays bare the stark impacts of land-system change and land degradation on planetary health, while also offering solutions to these problems. The report was published on the eve ...

Nine years ago, state lawmakers set up a test. The question was whether giving slack for rules around a pillar of Oregon’s land use system — the urban growth boundary — could provide a new tool for ...