The article by Eric F. Lambin and Patrick Meyfroidt discusses the challenges of preserving forest ecosystems and enhancing food production in the context of economic globalization and looming land scarcity. Economic globalization accelerates land conversion through mechanisms such as displacement, rebound, cascade, and remittance effects. Despite these challenges, a few developing countries have managed to increase both forest cover and agricultural production by implementing various strategies, including agricultural intensification, land use zoning, forest protection, increased reliance on imported food and wood products, off-farm job creation, foreign capital investments, and remittances. The authors argue that sound policies and innovations can reconcile forest preservation with food production, and that globalization can be harnessed to increase land use efficiency rather than leading to uncontrolled land expansion. They emphasize the need for understanding land change as part of global-scale, open systems to effectively manage land use transitions.The article by Eric F. Lambin and Patrick Meyfroidt discusses the challenges of preserving forest ecosystems and enhancing food production in the context of economic globalization and looming land scarcity. Economic globalization accelerates land conversion through mechanisms such as displacement, rebound, cascade, and remittance effects. Despite these challenges, a few developing countries have managed to increase both forest cover and agricultural production by implementing various strategies, including agricultural intensification, land use zoning, forest protection, increased reliance on imported food and wood products, off-farm job creation, foreign capital investments, and remittances. The authors argue that sound policies and innovations can reconcile forest preservation with food production, and that globalization can be harnessed to increase land use efficiency rather than leading to uncontrolled land expansion. They emphasize the need for understanding land change as part of global-scale, open systems to effectively manage land use transitions.