Drivers, constraints and trade-offs associated with recultivating abandoned cropland in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-15

  Meyfroidt, Patrick ^a,b   Schierhorn, Florian ^c,d   Prishchepov, Alexander V ^c,e,f   Müller, Daniel ^c,d   Kuemmerle, Tobias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f Institute of Steppe   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon; Cropland reclamation; Food production; Land use; Rewilding

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PANEL DATA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECLAIMED LAND; RURAL POPULATION; TRADE-OFF; WHEAT;

KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE; USSR;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84955267791     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.01.003     Document Type: Article

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