Land (ISSN: 2073-445X, IF 3.905) launched the “Land Systems and Global Change” Section in November 2019. Dr. Le Yu is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of this Section. This Section welcomes contributions concerning the functioning and dynamics of land systems from local to global scales.

We are pleased to present the Editor’s Choice Articles of the “Land Systems and Global Change” Section in 2020–2021, a snapshot of some of the most exciting work from the Section.

1. “Using a Social-ecological Regime Shift Approach to Understand the Transition from Livestock to Game Farming in the Eastern Cape, South Africa”
by Therezah Achieng, Kristine Maciejewski, Michelle Dyer and Reinette Biggs
Land 2020, 9(4), 97; https://doi.org/10.3390/land9040097
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/9/4/97

2. “Anthropogenic Biomes: 10,000 BCE to 2015 CE”
by Erle C. Ellis, Arthur H.W. Beusen and Kees Klein Goldewijk
Land 2020, 9(5), 129; https://doi.org/10.3390/land9050129
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/9/5/129

3. “Monitoring of Changes in Land Use/Land Cover in Syria from 2010 to 2018 Using Multitemporal Landsat Imagery and GIS”
by Mohamed Ali Mohamed, Julian Anders and Christoph Schneider
Land 2020, 9(7), 226; https://doi.org/10.3390/land9070226
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/9/7/226

4. “Aboveground Biomass Distribution in a Multi-Use Savannah Landscape in Southeastern Kenya: Impact of Land Use and Fences”
by Edward Amara, Hari Adhikari, Janne Heiskanen, Mika Siljander, Martha Munyao, Patrick Omond and Petri Pellikka
Land 2020, 9(10), 381; https://doi.org/10.3390/land9100381
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/9/10/381

5. “Toward Best Management Practices for Ecological Corridors”
by Andrew Gregory, Emma Spence, Paul Beier and Emily Garding
Land 2021, 10(2), 140; https://doi.org/10.3390/land10020140
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/2/140

6. “Land Abandonment in Mountain Areas of the EU: An Inevitable Side Effect of Farming Modernization and Neglected Threat to Sustainable Land Use”
by Thomas Dax, Karin Schroll, Ingrid Machold, Martyna Derszniak-Noirjean, Bernd Schuh and Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen
Land 2021, 10(6), 591; https://doi.org/10.3390/land10060591
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/6/591

7. “Multispectral Sentinel-2 and SAR Sentinel-1 Integration for Automatic Land Cover Classification”
by Paolo De Fioravante, Tania Luti, Alice Cavalli, Chiara Giuliani, Pasquale Dichicco, Marco Marchetti, Gherardo Chirici, Luca Congedo and Michele Munafò
Land 2021, 10(6), 611; https://doi.org/10.3390/land10060611
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/6/611

8. “A Synthesis of Land Use/Land Cover Studies: Definitions, Classification Systems, Meta-Studies, Challenges and Knowledge Gaps on a Global Landscape”
by Ryan Nedd, Katie Light, Marcia Owens, Neil James, Elijah Johnson and Aavudai Anandhi
Land 2021, 10(9), 994; https://doi.org/10.3390/land10090994
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/9/994

9. “Dynamic Amazonia: The EU–Mercosur Trade Agreement and Deforestation”
by Eugenio Arima, Paulo Barreto, Farzad Taheripour and Angel Aguiar
Land 2021, 10(11), 1243; https://doi.org/10.3390/land10111243
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1243

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• A full academic CV;
• A short cover letter that details your interest and enthusiasm for the position.

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