There are many reasons that the losses caused by extreme weather events are escalating year by year in Hungary. They include Hungary's geographical characteristics, climate change, river regulation and the expansion of cultivated land. Changes in land use have hugely damaged natural capital,...

Land degradation is a global problem affecting negatively the livelihoods and food security of billions of people, especially farmers and pastoralists in the developing countries. Eradicating extreme poverty without adequately addressing land degradation is highly unlikely. Given the importance...

It is still difficult for biofuel producers to prove the contribution of their biofuels to reducing carbon emissions because the production of biofuel feedstocks can cause land use change (LUC), which in turn causes carbon emissions. A carbon map can serve as a basis to proof such contribution....