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There are a total of 22 caves and karst wells with more than 25 specialized species resident (stygobionts and troglobionts). In this Special Issue, 14 of these sites are described in detail, along with the specialized fauna. An additional paper describes the richest known cave in China. A summary paper puts all 22 subterranean biodiversity sites in context.

α-diversity --- biogeography --- biospeleology --- cave biology --- caves --- hotspots --- invertebrates --- subterranean biodiversity --- Movile Cave --- Romania --- chemoautotrophically based --- groundwater ecosystem --- hotspot caves --- Ojo Guareña natural monument --- stygobionts --- troglobionts --- Križna jama --- troglobiont --- checklist --- lava tubes --- geology --- fauna --- paleontology --- conservation --- Canary Islands --- phreatic karst aquifer --- stygobite --- species richness --- temporal dynamics --- beta-diversity --- hotspot --- speleobiology --- Postojna-Planina Cave System --- Slovenia --- basaltic lava flow --- cave ecology --- arthropods --- tropical cave fauna --- Bayliss Cave --- Psilotum --- biodiversity --- seamount --- ecology --- cave --- Huanjiang --- Guangxi --- South China Karst --- troglomorphy --- karst --- stygobiont --- hotspot cave --- sampling biases --- Southeast Asia --- cave fauna --- troglobitics --- arachnids --- insects --- millipedes --- n/a --- groundwater --- arid zone --- mining --- Ojo Guareña natural monument --- Križna jama

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This book on the sustainable use of soils and water addressed a variety of issues related to the utopian desire for environmental sustainability and the deviations from this scene observed in the real world. Competing interests for land are frequently a factor in land degradation, especially where the adopted land uses do not conform with the land capability (the natural use of soil). The concerns of researchers about these matters are presented in the articles comprising this Special Issue book. Various approaches were used to assess the (im)balance between economic profit and environmental conservation in various regions, in addition to potential routes to bring landscapes back to a sustainable status being disclosed.

environmental and economic changes --- overexploitation --- stream flow downscaling --- Recharge --- Institutions --- evaluation --- geo hazards --- marginal land resources --- water resources --- contributions --- land use change --- comprehensive land carrying capacity --- land eco-security --- scale effects --- river basin --- Ghana --- urbanization --- groundwater recharge --- MicroLEIS DSS --- multiple stresses --- forest --- land use conflicts --- soil --- analytic hierarchy process --- heavy metal pollution assessment --- recharge --- environmental degradation --- spatial variation --- debris flow waste-shoal land --- Lankao county --- encounters of interests --- territorial development --- driving forces analysis --- land use policy --- climate conditions --- time series analysis --- arable soil --- urban area --- multi-criterion comprehensive evaluation --- Land Use --- agricultural and livestock products --- evapotranspiration --- hydrological processes --- Trnava district --- macromodel DNS/SWAT --- central Asia --- CA-Markov --- integrative landscape management --- Land use change --- land use and transformation --- weight --- Contemporary Yellow River Delta --- conjunctive water resources management --- set pair theory --- sustainability --- karst aquifer --- withdrawal of agricultural land --- sustainable development --- SWAT --- water resource management --- water footprint --- land-use planning --- Ecosystem service value --- Penman–Monteith equation --- cloud model --- groundwater flow field --- standard deviation --- temporal stability --- landscape as geosystem --- Gross Domestic Product --- geology --- territorial factors --- agriculture --- multi-dimension --- Groundwater --- conflicts --- Green GDP --- temporal-spatial variations --- relief --- recharge zones --- groundwater depth --- Nitrate Vulnerable Zones --- hydrologic modeling --- Managed Aquifer --- soil reclamation --- nitrogen --- discrete wavelet transform --- legislative factors --- developmental factors --- ungauged catchment --- rural households’ behaviors --- arid region --- land use/cover change --- spatialization --- sustainable agriculture