Modelling global change impacts on the soil enviroment

In the recent periode of dramatic economic growth of Southeast Asia, land use change impacted on the environment often on a massive scale. Removal of carbon stocks, changes in biogeochemical cycles, and loss of biodiversity are always associated with the rapid change of the terrestrial landscape. The goal of achieving sustainable development in the context of global change requires a basic understanding of how terrestrial ecosystems respond to rapid environmental change. The challenge is particularly acute for developing countries, which arre coming under increasing pressure to modify their development strategies to reduce the adverse impacts of climate change, due to the increase of greenhouse of their natural ecosystems. This is in line with the international agreements, such as the climate change, biodiversity, and desertification conventions, which potentially constrain the development strategies of many countries.