Announcements

Conference: AET CÁCERES 2026
Date: 8–11 June
Location: Cáceres, Spain

MDPI will attend AET CÁCERES 2026 as an exhibitor. This meeting will be held in Cáceres, Spain.

The AET CÁCERES 2026 is a scientific meeting that brings together researchers, professionals, and students working in geosciences, engineering, environmental systems, and related fields, with the aim of sharing advances and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration.

The most relevant thematic areas include:

• Instrumentation, data processing, and geoscience data systems;
• Climate and meteorological impacts;
• Big GeoDATA and data-driven geoscience;
• Natural hazards and risk assessment;
• Hydrological sciences and water resources engineering;
• Remote sensing and close-range observation techniques;
• Smart cities and urban development;
• Civil and industrial engineering applications.

The following open access journals will be represented:

• Geomatics;
• Remote Sensing;
• Sensors;
• Atmosphere;
• Land;
• AgriEngineering;
• GeoHazards;
• Climate;
• Geographies;
• Minerals;
• ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI);
• Hydrology;
• Smart Cities;
• Glacies;
• Geosciences;
• Earth.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at booth #4 and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://aetcc2026.es/.

We are delighted to share some papers on urban biodiversity conservation research that were published in our journal Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) between 2024 and 2026. In addition, some Special Issues related to this topic are currently open for submission.

The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe will interest you:

1. “Managing Landscape Urbanization and Assessing Biodiversity of Wildlife Habitats: A Study of Bobcats in San Jose, California”
by Yongli Zheng, Yuxi Wang, Xinyi Wang, Yuhan Wen and Shuying Guo
Land 2024, 13(2), 152; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020152

2. “Analysis of Spatial Divergence in Bird Diversity Driven by Built Environment Characteristics of Ecological Corridors in High-Density Urban Areas”
by Di Wang, Lang Zhang, Qicheng Zhong, Guilian Zhang, Xuanying Chen and Qingping Zhang
Land 2024, 13(9), 1359; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091359

3. “The Effects of Spatial Structure and Development Intensity of the Urban Landscape on Bird Biodiversity in Anhui Province”
by Minglu Hu, Xinghao Lu and Yuncai Wang
Land 2024, 13(10), 1660; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101660

4. “Assessing Urban Agriculture’s Potential for Biodiversity Conservation, Carbon Sequestration, and Community Development: A Comparative Study of Residents’ Perceptions in Three Western Romanian Cities”
by Simona Gavrilaș, Oana Brînzan, Eugenia Tigan, Radu Lucian Blaga and Tiberiu Iancu
Land 2025, 14(2), 271; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020271

5. “Wealth and Altitude Explain Urban Plant Diversity in Residential Areas of Hainan, China”
by Linke Su, Huiting Tang, Gong He, Mir Muhammad Nizamani and Huafeng Wang
Land 2025, 14(2), 328; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020328

6. “The New Zealand Biodiversity Factor—Residential (NZBF-R): A Tool to Rapidly Score the Relative Biodiversity Value of Urban Residential Developments”
by Jacqueline Theis, Christopher K. Woolley, Philip J. Seddon, Danielle F. Shanahan, Claire Freeman, Maibritt Pedersen Zari and Yolanda van Heezik
Land 2025, 14(3), 526; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14030526

7. “Reconciling Urban Expansion with Biodiversity: Habitat Dynamics and Ecological Connectivity in Xiong’an New Area’s Full-Cycle Development”
by Zihao Huang, Kai Su, Sufang Yu, Xuebing Jiang, Chuang Li, Shihui Chang and Yongfa You
Land 2025, 14(3), 533; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14030533

8. “Phytoplankton Diversity, Abundance and Toxin Synthesis Potential in the Lakes of Natural and Urban Landscapes in Permafrost Conditions”
by Sophia Barinova, Viktor A. Gabyshev, Olga I. Gabysheva, Yanzhima A. Naidanova and Ekaterina G. Sorokovikova
Land 2025, 14(4), 721; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040721

9. “Investigation of Avian Diversity and Habitat Variations in Urban Parks: A Case Study of Xuzhou Quanshan Forest Park”
by Yuan Kang, Haolian Luan, Pingjia Luo, Yuchen Dong and Shiyuan Zhou
Land 2025, 14(4), 797; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040797

10. “Factors Shaping Biodiversity in Urban Voids: A Systematic Literature Review”
by Jian Cui, Ehsan Sharifi, Carlos Bartesaghi Koc, Linna Yi and Scott Hawken
Land 2025, 14(4), 821; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040821

11. “The Role of Urban Tree Areas for Biodiversity Conservation in Degraded Urban Landscapes”
by Sonja Jovanović, Vesna Janković-Milić, Jelena J. Stanković and Marina Stanojević
Land 2025, 14(9), 1815; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14091815

12. “Investigating the Impact of Urban Parks on Bird Habitats and Diversity Through Remote Sensing: A Case Study of Chengdu City (China)”
by Chenyang Liao, Yumeng Jiang, Mingle Yang, Kexin Feng and Jiazhen Zhang
Land 2025, 14(10), 2086; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14102086

13. “Tree Supports—A Method for Managing the Protection of Habitat Trees, Increasing Biodiversity and the Resilience of Urban Ecosystems”
by Wojciech Bobek
Land 2025, 14(11), 2200; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112200

14. “Threshold Effects of Biodiversity on Ecological Resilience: Evidence from Guangdong’s Prefecture-Level Cities”
by Xin Huang, Yiwen Chen, Chang Liu, Kailun Fang and Tingting Chen
Land 2025, 14(12), 2327; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14122327

15. “Speculative Drawing as a Tool for Developing Biodiversity Scenarios in the Cityscape Within the New European Bauhaus Framework”
by Snežana Zlatković and Ana Nikezić
Land 2026, 15(5), 726; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15050726

Special Issues:

“Urban Planning and Ecosystem Protection: A Path to Mutual Benefits”
Guest Editors: Naglaa A. Megahed, Khalid S. Al-Hagla and Asmaa Mohammed Hassan
Submission deadline: 1 October 2026

“Reconsidering Urban Green Spaces: Biodiversity Functionality, Accessibility, and Wellbeing in Cities”
Guest Editors: Melissa Anne Beryl Vogt and Alessio Russo
Submission deadline: 30 November 2026

“Enhancing Biodiversity-Friendly Built Environments in Line with the New European Bauhaus”
Guest Editors: Ana Nikezić, Slađana Lazarević and Marco Acri
Submission deadline: 31 December 2026

Conference: The 23rd World Congress of Soil Science
Date: 7–12 June 2026
Location: Nanjing, China

MDPI will be attending the 23rd World Congress of Soil Science as an exhibitor, and we are welcoming researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest ideas.

The 23rd World Congress of Soil Science brings together leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to exchange the latest advances in soil science. The congress focuses on promoting sustainable soil management and addressing key global challenges such as soil health, climate change, land degradation, and ecosystem resilience. It provides a dynamic platform for scientific discussion, knowledge sharing, and interdisciplinary collaboration across all areas of soil research.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Agronomy;
• Agriculture;
• Land;
• Soil Systems;
• Nitrogen;
• Conservation;
• Hydrology.

If you are planning to attend this conference, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.23wcss.org.cn.

Biodiversity is truly the foundation of all life on Earth. This year’s International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2026 introduces the theme “Acting locally for global impact”—a call for all of us to protect biodiversity and take care of our shared home, planet Earth.

We are delighted to share a collection of papers on vegetation biodiversity and conservation research that were published in our journal Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in 2025. In addition, several Special Issues related to this topic are currently open for submission.

The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe will interest you:

1. “Adoption and Diversity of Agroforestry Systems in the Amazon Biome: A Bibliometric Overview”
by Daniela Pauletto, Marcelo Francia Arco-Verde, Ivan Crespo Silva, Lucas Sérgio de Sousa Lopes, Anselmo Junior Correa Araújo, Flávia Cristina Araújo Lucas, Seidel Ferreira dos Santos, Thiago Almeida Vieira, Carlos Tadeu dos Santos Dias and Lucieta Guerreiro Martorano
Land 2025, 14(3), 524; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14030524

2. “Scale-Dependent Diversity Patterns in Subalpine Grasslands: Homogenization vs. Complexity”
by Tsvetelina Terziyska, James Tsakalos, Sándor Bartha, Iva Apostolova and Desislava Sopotlieva
Land 2025, 14(4), 823; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040823

3. “Enhancing Climate Resilience and Food Security in Greece Through Agricultural Biodiversity”
by Efstratios Loizou, Konstantinos Spinthiropoulos, Stavros Kalogiannidis, Fotios Chatzitheodoridis, Dimitrios Kalfas and George Tzilantonis
Land 2025, 14(4), 838; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040838

4. “Effects of Bothriochloa ischaemum on the Diversity of Pannonian Sandy Grasslands”
by Szilárd Szentes, Károly Penksza, Eszter Saláta-Falusi, László Sipos, Veronika Kozma-Bognár, Richárd Hoffmann and Zsombor Wagenhoffer
Land 2025, 14(5), 1107; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051107

5. “Integrating Remote Sensing, Landscape Metrics, and Random Forest Algorithm to Analyze Crop Patterns, Factors, Diversity, and Fragmentation in a Kharif Agricultural Landscape”
by Surajit Banerjee, Tuhina Nandi, Vishwambhar Prasad Sati, Wiem Mezlini, Wafa Saleh Alkhuraiji, Djamil Al-Halbouni and Mohamed Zhran
Land 2025, 14(6), 1203; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14061203

6. “Modeling Plant Diversity Responses to Fire Recurrence in Disjunct Amazonian Savannas”
by Mariana Martins Medeiros de Santana, Rodrigo Nogueira de Vasconcelos, Salustiano Vilar da Costa Neto, Eduardo Mariano Neto and Washington de Jesus Sant’Anna da Franca Rocha
Land 2025, 14(7), 1455; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14071455

7. “From Diversity to Homogenisation: Assessing Two Decades of Temperate Native Forest Replaced by Exotic Plantations in the Nahuelbuta Mountain Range”
by Rebeca Martínez-Retureta, Rosa Reyes-Riveros, Iongel Duran-Llacer, Lien Rodríguez-López, Clara Margarita Tinoco-Navarro and Norberto J. Abreu
Land 2025, 14(8), 1648; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14081648

8. “Preliminary Evaluation of High-Diversity Herbaceous Seed Sowings in Different Substrates”
by Judit Doma-Tarcsányi, Attila Gergely, Ádám Serdült and Krisztina Szabó
Land 2025, 14(9), 1746; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14091746

9. “Interactions Between Soil Texture and Cover Crop Diversity Shape Carbon Dynamics and Aggregate Stability”
by Vladimír Šimanský and Martin Lukac
Land 2025, 14(10), 2044; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14102044

10. “Integrating Microtopographic Engineering with Native Plant Functional Diversity to Support Restoration of Degraded Arid Ecosystems”
by Yassine Fendane, Mohamed Djamel Miara, Hassan Boukcim, Sami D. Almalki, Shauna K. Rees, Abdalsamad Aldabaa, Ayman Abdulkareem and Ahmed H. Mohamed
Land 2025, 14(12), 2445; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14122445

Special Issues:

“Wetland Plant Diversity and Ecosystem FunctionWetland Plant Diversity and Ecosystem Function”
Guest Editors: Maria Sarika and Anastasios Zotos
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026

“Vegetation Facing Environmental Changes in Terrestrial Systems: Research and Management—Second Edition”
Guest Editor: Eusebio Cano Carmona
Submission deadline: 18 November 2026

We are delighted to announce that Issue 4, Volume 15 of Land (ISSN: 2073-445X), was released in April 2026. The following is a list of partial articles which we believe will be of interest to you:

Cover Story:

Section: “Land Systems and Global Change”
“An Ecosystem-Based Approach: Strategic Planning and Decision-Making in Wells Gray Provincial Park”
by Andrea Patino and Courtney W. Mason
Land 2026, 15(4), 613; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040613

Section: “Landscape Ecology”
“Investigating Old-Growth Forests in Tuscany (Italy): Structural Heterogeneity and Plant Diversity Across Forest Types and Novel Candidate Sites for the National Network“
by Federico Selvi, Marco Cabrucci, Giammarco Dadà and Elisa Carrari
Land 2026, 15(4), 640; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040640

Section: “Land, Soil and Water”
“Soil Fertility and Carbon Stocks in Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Production Systems Under Acid Soils”
by Andrés Felipe Góngora-Duarte, Francisco José Morales-Espitia, Juan Manuel Trujillo-González, Marco Aurelio Torres-Mora and Raimundo Jimenez-Ballesta
Land 2026, 15(4), 607; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040607

Section: “Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues”
“After-Use Trajectories of Peatlands Under Alternative Policy Pathways in Latvia”
by Normunds Stivrins, Ilze Ozola, Maikls Andriksons, Jovita Pilecka-Ulcugaceva and Inga Grinfelde
Land 2026, 15(4), 558; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040558

Section: “Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions”
“Plot Subdivision Heterogeneity and Urban Resilience: Preservation, Multifunctionality, and Socio-Cultural Adaptability Across Global Case Studies”
by Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez and Alessandro Melis
Land 2026, 15(4), 540; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040540

Section: “Land–Climate Interactions”
“Land-Use-Mediated Pathways of Regional Carbon Storage Under Natural and Human Constraints: Evidence from Shaanxi Province, China”
by Yicong Wang and Kimihiko Hyakumura
Land 2026, 15(4), 550; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040550

Section: “Landscape Archaeology”
“An Artificial Canal Connecting the Roman Burgus at Trebur-Astheim (Upper Rhine Graben, Germany) with the River Rhine”
by Elena Appel, Dennis Wilken, Thomas Becker, Henrik Leif Schäfer, Markus Scholz, Sarah Bäumler, Peter Fischer, Timo Willershäuser, Udo Recker and Andreas Vött
Land 2026, 15(4), 526; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040526

Section: “Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing”
“Prioritizing Crucial Habitats for Biodiversity Conservation in Temperate and Tropical North America and the Caribbean: A Fine-Scale Indexing Approach”
by Emmanuel Oceguera-Conchas, Jose W. Valdez, Lea A. Schulte and Patrick J. Comer
Land 2026, 15(4), 664; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040664

Section: “Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability”
“Social–Ecological Memory, Agroecological Diversity and Resilience: A Comparative Analysis After a 10-Year Megadrought Affecting Mapuche and Non-Mapuche Farming Systems in Chile”
by René Montalba, Clara Nicholls, Florencia Spirito, Lorena Vieli and Miguel Altieri
Land 2026, 15(4), 565; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040565

Section: “Land Innovations–Data and Machine Learning”
“GeoAI-Driven Land Cover Change Prediction Using Copernicus Earth Observation and Geospatial Data for Law-Compliant Territorial Planning in the Aosta Valley (Italy)”
by Tommaso Orusa, Duke Cammareri and Davide Freppaz
Land 2026, 15(4), 533; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040533

Section: “Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus”
“Trade-Offs or Synergy? Unraveling the Coupling Mechanisms and Critical Thresholds in the Food-Water-Land-Ecosystem Nexus”
by Zheng Zuo, Li Tian, Haiqing Yang, Hui Zhao, Jing Wang, Lili Fan, Qirui Wang and Jinju Yang
Land 2026, 15(4), 547; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040547

Section: “Land–Observation and Monitoring”
“Enhanced Machine Learning for Reliable Water Body Extraction of Plateau Wetlands Caohai Using Remote Sensing and Big Geospatial Data from Optical Zhuhai-1 and Radar Sat-2 Satellites”
by Yanwu Zhou, Yu Zhang, Guanglai Zhu, Chaoyong Shen, Youliang Tian, Juan Zhou, Yi Guo, Jing Hu and Guanglei Qiu
Land 2026, 15(4), 530; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040530

Section: “Land Planning and Landscape Architecture”
“Integration of Landscape Ecological Data in Spatial Planning in Slovakia”
by Zita Izakovičová and František Petrovič
Land 2026, 15(4), 549; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040549

General
“New Contribution to Knowledge on Pleistocene Pediment Deposits in the Montefeltro Region (Marche–Romagna Apennines, Italy)”
by Laura Valentini, Olivia Nesci, Valentina Ugolini and Cristiano Guerra
Land 2026, 15(4), 525; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040525

“GIS-Based Analysis and Thematic Mapping of LULC Changes over 35 Years in the Historical Lateral Mobility Zone (HLMZ) of the Sele River (Southern Italy)”
by Edoardo Guido D’Onofrio, Floriana Angelone and Paolo Magliulo
Land 2026, 15(4), 581; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040581

We are delighted to share with you a reprint of the Special Issue published in May 2026 in Land (ISSN: 2073-445X), comprising 13 articles. You can access more Land Special Issue reprints at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/books/search.

If you are interested in editing a Special Issue, please apply at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/land.

As we draw closer to EGU 2026, taking place from 3 to 8 May, MDPI warmly invites you to visit us at Booth #19 in the Austria Center, Vienna. We have prepared a range of engaging activities and special gifts for the event, and our team looks forward to welcoming you and sharing this experience together.

EGU 2026 brings together over 20,000 geoscientists from around the world—a wonderful opportunity to openly address the pressing challenges of our time, including climate realities, energy shortages, and resource allocation, while exploring thoughtful pathways toward climate solutions.

Come and join MDPI’s special ‘Meet the Editor’ session at EGU26! Our academic editors will be at the booth, ready to chat with you on questions such as: (1) Paper writing and submission strategies; (2) Experiences as a reviewer, author, or editorial board member; (3) Featured questions collected from on-site participants.	Have burning questions about paper writing, peer review, or open access publishing? Write down your concerns on sticky note, and post it on the QA Hub board. See what others are asking, add your voice, and maybe hear your question answered on the spot. Selected questions will be answered live during the MDPI ‘Meet the Editor’ session.
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Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at booth #19 and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www.egu26.eu/.

We are delighted to share some papers on dryland ecosystem research that were published in our journal Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in 2024–2026. In addition, some Special Issues related to this topic are currently open for submission.

The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe will interest you:

1. “Spatiotemporal Distribution and Fragmentation Driving Mechanism in Paddy Fields and Dryland of Urban Agglomeration in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River”
by Dehua Li, Linghua Duo, Chenhao Bao, Xiaoping Zhang and Zili Zou
Land 2024, 13(1), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13010058

2. “Assessment of Soil Quality of Smallholder Agroecosystems in the Semiarid Region of Northeastern Brazil”
by Rodrigo Santana Macedo, Renato Pereira Lima, Kalline de Almeida Alves Carneiro, Letícia Moro, Daiana Caroline Refati, Milton Cesar Costa Campos, Raphael Moreira Beirigo, Gislayne Kayne Gomes da Cruz, Antonio Augusto Pereira de Sousa, José Félix de Brito Neto et al.
Land 2024, 13(3), 304; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13030304

3. “Temperature Mainly Determined the Seasonal Variations in Soil Faunal Communities in Semiarid Areas”
by Zhiyong Li, Xi Yang, Wei Long, Ranran Song, Xuchao Zhu, Tongchuan Li, Ming’an Shao, Mingyu Chen and Miao Gan
Land 2024, 13(4), 505; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040505

4. “Seasonal Scale Climatic Factors on Grassland Phenology in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones”
by Tong Dong, Jing Liu, Mingjie Shi, Panxing He, Ping Li and Dahai Liu
Land 2024, 13(5), 653; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13050653

5. “Managing Risk Mitigation in Urban Expansion Areas of Argentina’s Drylands: The Gap between Perception and Environmental Behaviour”
by Romina Sales and Alejandro J. Rescia
Land 2024, 13(8), 1216; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081216

6. “Towards Uncovering Three Decades of LULC in the Brazilian Drylands: Caatinga Biome Dynamics (1985–2019)”
by Washington J. S. Franca Rocha, Rodrigo N. Vasconcelos, Diego P. Costa, Soltan Galano Duverger, Jocimara S. B. Lobão, Deorgia T. M. Souza, Stefanie M. Herrmann, Nerivaldo A. Santos, Rafael O. Franca Rocha, Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira et al.
Land 2024, 13(8), 1250; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081250

7. “Combined Application of Chemical and Organic Fertilizers Promoted Soil Carbon Sequestration and Bacterial Community Diversity in Dryland Wheat Fields”
by Hongmei Song, Zixuan Chang, Xuan Hu, Yan Li, Chengjiao Duan, Lifan Yang, Haoying Wang and Tingliang Li
Land 2024, 13(8), 1296; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081296

8. “Soil Classification Based on Local and Scientific Knowledge in an Irrigated District in the Semi-Arid Region of Brazil”
by Jucirema Ferreira da Silva, Miguel Ferreira Neto, Jeane Cruz Portela, Joaquim Emanuel Fernandes Gondim, Stefeson Bezerra de Melo, Diana Ferreira de Freitas, José Francismar de Medeiros, Nildo da Silva Dias, Tayd Dayvison Custódio Peixoto and Francisco Vanies da Silva Sá
Land 2024, 13(10), 1559; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101559

9. “Climate Change Effects on Land Use and Land Cover Suitability in the Southern Brazilian Semiarid Region”
by Lucas Augusto Pereira da Silva, Edson Eyji Sano, Taya Cristo Parreiras, Édson Luis Bolfe, Mário Marcos Espírito-Santo, Roberto Filgueiras, Cristiano Marcelo Pereira de Souza, Claudionor Ribeiro da Silva and Marcos Esdras Leite
Land 2024, 13(12), 2008; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122008

10. “Performance Assessment of Individual and Ensemble Learning Models for Gully Erosion Susceptibility Mapping in a Mountainous and Semi-Arid Region”
by Meryem El Bouzekraoui, Abdenbi Elaloui, Samira Krimissa, Kamal Abdelrahman, Ali Y. Kahal, Sonia Hajji, Maryem Ismaili, Biraj Kanti Mondal and Mustapha Namous
Land 2024, 13(12), 2110; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122110

Special Issues:
“Earth’s Drylands: Tackling Desertification in Arid Regions”
Guest Editor: Humberto Barbosa
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026

“Salinity Monitoring and Modelling at Different Scales: 2nd Edition”
Guest Editors: Maria da Conceição Gonçalves, Mohammad Farzamian and Tiago Brito Ramos
Submission deadline: 31 May 2026

“Soil and Water Resources Management for Combating Desertification in Drylands Under Climate Change”
Guest Editors: Mohamed Ouessar, Elena Bresci and Rabi H. Mohtar
Submission deadline: 30 September 2026

We are pleased to announce that MDPI will participate in the 3rd Cross-Disciplinary Forum on Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing (AIRS 2026), held in Changsha, Hunan, China, from 15 to 17 May 2026.

The forum focuses on cutting-edge technologies, research outputs and practical applications in the AI4RS field, with the theme “AI4RS: New Perspectives on Smart Earth” and the slogan “Make RS More Intelligent!” It will gather experts, researchers and enterprise representatives from relevant fields to inspire integrated innovation, facilitate in-depth cooperation and promote the high-quality development of remote sensing intelligence.

The following open access journals will be represented at the forum:

• Remote Sensing;
• AI;
• AI Sensors;
• Sensors;
• Land;
• IJGI;
• Applied Sciences;
• Geohazards.

If you are planning to attend the above forum, please feel free to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at booth #1 and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the forum, please visit the following website: https://www.airs.top/.