New Insights into Land-Space Ecological Restoration (LSER) Policy for Sustainable Development Goals

Dear Colleagues,

Anthropogenic exploitation of ecosystems has resulted in a series of global ecological issues, posing significant threats to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including climate change mitigation, ecosystem and biodiversity conservation, food security, and community resilience. Ecological restoration action represents a proactive response by human society to address global change and mitigate ecosystem degradation. Compared with traditional technical measures for species, community, or specific ecosystem restoration, recent attention has been given to land-space ecological restoration (LSER) as a means to tackle the challenges posed by global change while enhancing human well-being and promoting sustainability. The LSER policy and practice emphasize comprehensive and systematic protection and restoration efforts that consider socio-economic development factors. The LSER can be an important part of the SDGs and play a crucial role in advancing their realization.

The Special Issue aims to consolidate novel insights and seminal papers on the interconnections and contributions of LSER policies and associated practices towards achieving one or more SDGs. This encompasses exploring the theoretical frameworks of LSER in relation to the SDGs, innovative LSER approaches for achieving the SDGs, and empirical evidence and case studies on the impact of LSER on advancing the SDGs. These themes align seamlessly with the journal's scope, encompassing social-ecological systems science, ecosystem services research and governance, land-space planning, sustainable development research, and trade-off analyses in natural resource management, among others.

This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:

• Theoretical frameworks of LSER in relation to the SDGs.
• Advanced approaches and technologies for implementing LSER towards achieving the SDGs.
• Macroscopic view or national perspective on LSER for promoting the SDGs.
• Case studies examining the impacts of LSER on advancing progress towards one or more SDGs.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Dr. Lingxiao Ying
Prof. Dr. Ming Luo
Dr. Li Li
Guest Editors

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• land-space ecological restoration policy and strategy
• ecosystem conservation and restoration approach
• climate change mitigation and adaption
• ecosystem services and human well-being enhancement
• sustainable development