Livelihood diversification, especially the worldwide shift to part-time farming, and its interactions with key ecosystem components such as agrobiodiversity, soil and water resource management, and sustainability, are the topic of the new article by Karl and Steve on “Toward the integrated framework analysis of linkages among agrobiodiversity, livelihood diversification, ecological systems, and sustainability amid global change.” Their article was published in the journal LAND (2016, volume 5, issue 2) and is open source: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/5/2/10/htm. These research findings are crucial to the continued GeoSyntheSES research emphasis on determining the conditions under which livelihood diversification are beneficial to people and the environment, and to sustainability in general.