Land use/cover change is an important research field in global change research. It has enormous impact on chemical character and process of atmosphere, climate, hydrology, soil and sediment, biodiversity, productivity and so on. In this article, the international research evolution and direction of environmental consequence of land use/cover change—one focus in global change research—is introduced.Land use/cover change has important impact on local, regional and global climate, on loss of bio-diversity,on soil degradation and hydrological change.