Managing Soil Organic Carbon for Mitigating Climate Change and Increasing Food Security
Cornélia Rumpel, Abad Chabbi
Abstract
This Special Issue contains articles presenting advances in soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration practices, considering their benefits, trade-offs and monitoring. The studies deal with (1) agricultural practices and climate change, (2) the effect of organic matter amendments, and (3) the development of monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) strategies. It is concluded that region-specific approaches are required for the implementation and monitoring of SOC sequestering practices.
Topics & Concepts
Soil carbonCarbon sequestrationClimate changeEnvironmental scienceFood securityClimate change mitigationAgricultureEnvironmental resource managementSoil organic matterBusinessNatural resource economicsEnvironmental planningEnvironmental protectionSoil scienceSoil waterCarbon dioxideEcologyEconomicsBiologySoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsBioenergy crop production and managementRangeland and Wildlife Management