Soil carbon sequestration through adopting sustainable management practices: potential and opportunity for the American countries

Provides the first data tools for the LiSAm initiative in the American hemisphere, with the main methodologies used to measure soil C stocks and GHG emissions in the field, current land use, and soil C stocks , and potential soil C reserves. Sequestration of C through the adoption of sustainable man...

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Autores principales: Lal, Rattan, Mello, Francisco Fujita de Castro, Damian, Junior Melo, Cherubin, Mauricio Roberto, Cerri, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino, Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA), University of São Paulo (USP). Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), The Ohio State University, Ohio (USA). Center for Carbon Management and Sequestration, Living Soils of the Americas
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/19315
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Sumario:Provides the first data tools for the LiSAm initiative in the American hemisphere, with the main methodologies used to measure soil C stocks and GHG emissions in the field, current land use, and soil C stocks , and potential soil C reserves. Sequestration of C through the adoption of sustainable management practices. Various approaches to assess soil C sequestration and GHG emissions were presented and discussed. Finally, it identifies some promising sustainable management practices that could be adopted in the Americas. Finally, it is concluded that the sustainable management practices suggested by the LiSAm initiative can guide new protocols to stop land degradation, promote soil health and soil C sequestration in the Americas.