The ‘land sparing and land sharing’ framework clarifies how land use can either concentrate intensive activities in specific areas (‘sparing’) or integrate multiple uses across a wider landscape (‘...

Nature Sustainability, Published online: 12 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01578-wHuman population growth over the past few decades has had detrimental impacts on biodiversity; however, several countries, such as Japan, are experiencing below-replacement human fertility leading to depopulation. This study examines the impact of human depopulation on biodiversity levels across Japan.

Flere kommuner har mål om arealnøytralitet, men dette kan komme i konflikt med behov for arealer til samfunnsnyttig utbygging. Her undersøker vi arealeffektivitet og utviklingsbaner for arealbruk i Ko...

All energy production takes up land, but which sources use the most land, and which use it most efficiently?

TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE We all rely on science. Science gave us the smartphones in our pockets, the navigation systems in our cars, and life-saving medical care. We count on engineers when we drive acr...

The risk that locally successful nature conservation may be shifting problems elsewhere can no longer be ignored

There is considerable overlap between biodiversity offsetting and ecosystem accounting: these two research fields apply very similar techniques to reach similar goals. Figure credit: Bálint Czúcz/Eva ...

The Early Career Network will hold a Knowledge Sharing Webinar on 20 January 2025 from 4-5 pm Central European Time. The webinar will discuss ways to make research more accessible to the people who ca...

Forests are subject to natural and human-induced disturbances, which can be important in shaping their form and function. In this study, the authors examine the landscape patterns of global forest dis...