Soil carbon : science, management, and policy for multiple benefits

Washington D.C.

2004

XXVII, 391 S.

Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.

Monographie

978-178-064-532-2

188425

This book brings together the essential evidence and policy opportunities regarding the global importance of soil carbon for sustaining Earth's life support system for humanity. Covering the science and policy background for this important natural resource, it describes land management options that improve soil carbon status and therefore increase the benefits that humans derive from the environment. Written by renowned global experts, it is the principal output from a SCOPE rapid assessment process project.
Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; Executive Summary ; Part I Introduction, Overview and Integration; The Global Challenge for Soil Carbon ; Soil Carbon: a Critical Natural Resource – Wide-scale Goals, Urgent Actions ; Soil Carbon Transition Curves: Reversal of Land Degradation through Management of Soil Organic Matter for Multiple Benefits ; From Potential to Implementation: An Innovation Framework to Realize the Benefits of Soil Carbon ; A Strategy for Taking Soil Carbon into the Policy Arena ; Part II Soil Carbon in Earth’s Life Support System; Soil Formation ; Soil Carbon Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling ; Soil Hydrology and Reactive Transport of Carbon and Nitrogen in a Multi-scale Landscape ; Part III The Multiple Benefits of Soil Carbon; Climate Change Mitigation ; Soil Carbon and Agricultural Productivity: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa ; Soil as a Support of Biodiversity and Functions ; Water Supply and Quality ; Wind Erosion of Agricultural Soils and the Carbon Cycle ; Historical and Sociocultural Aspects of Soil Organic Matter and Soil Organic Carbon Benefits ; The Economic Value of Soil Carbon ; V Quantification and Reporting of Soil Carbon; Measuring and Monitoring Soil Carbon ; Modelling Soil Carbon ; Valuation Approaches for Soil Carbon ; Part V Influence of Human Activity on Soil Carbon; Current Soil Carbon Loss and Land Degradation Globally: Where are the Hotspots and Why There? Climate Change and Soil Carbon Impacts ; Impacts of Land-use Change on Carbon Stocks and Dynamics in Central-southern South American Biomes: Cerrado, Atlantic Forest and Southern Grasslands ; Part VI Managing Soil Carbon for Multiple Benefits; Basic Principles of Soil Carbon Management for Multiple Ecosystem Benefits ; Managing Soil Carbon for Multiple Ecosystem Benefits – Positive Exemplars: Latin America (Brazil and Argentina) ; Managing Soil Carbon for Multiple Benefits – Positive Exemplars: North America ; Managing Soil Carbon in Europe: Paludicultures as a New Perspective for Peatlands ; Managing Soil Organic Carbon for Multiple Benefits: The Case of Africa ; Benefits of SOM in Agroecosystems: The Case of China ; Assessment of Organic Carbon Status in Indian Soils ; Part VII Governance of Soil Carbon; Policy Frameworks ; National Implementation Case Study: China ; Avoided Land Degradation and Enhanced Soil Carbon Storage: Is There a Role for Carbon Markets?
Boden ; Kohlenstoffgehalt ; Bodennutzung; Soils / Carbon content; Carbon sequestration; Soil fertility; Climate change mitigation