Land is a finite resource is subject to competing pressures from urbanisation, infrastructure, increased food, feed, fibres and fuel production and the provision of key ecosystem services. But it's ...

Pressures around land use are emerging as one of the defining environmental challenges of modern times. Competition for productive and ecologically valuable land, and for the resources and services it ...

The Purdue University Land Use Team provides research-based resources and educational programs for Extension professionals, government officials, citizen planners, and residents on land use issues ...

Community Planning for Agriculture and Natural Resources: A Guide for Local Government is available as a free, downloadable electronic resource. The series was funded by the Indiana State Department ...

Do indigenous groups need saving from poverty? And why do they come into conflict with conservationists seeking to protect their land? Indigenous groups are now represented globally by a range of ...

Image — People participating in a voluntary afforestation campaign at the edge of the Badain Jaran Desert in Linze County, Gansu Province, on China’s 43rd ...