Soil carbon stocks in tropical pasture systems in Colombia’s Orinoquía region: supporting readiness for climate finance

Key messages: ■ Using field measurements, it was found that pastures in clay soils in the Orinoquía region can store as more than 200 tCha-1 (0-100 cm). Results are 40% higher than the IPCC default values (0-30cm). ■ Close to 30% of the total SOC stock were found in the top 0-20 cm soil layer, highl...

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Autores principales: Villegas, Daniel Mauricio, Bastidas, Mike, Matiz Rubio, Natalia, Ruden, Alejandro, Rao, Idupulapati M., Hyman, Glenn G., Arango, Jacobo, Baedeker, Tobias, Cando, Lee, Ramírez Diaz, Mariangela, Teillard, Felix, Costa, Ciniro
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Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116231
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author Villegas, Daniel Mauricio
Bastidas, Mike
Matiz Rubio, Natalia
Ruden, Alejandro
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Hyman, Glenn G.
Arango, Jacobo
Baedeker, Tobias
Cando, Lee
Ramírez Diaz, Mariangela
Teillard, Felix
Costa, Ciniro
author_browse Arango, Jacobo
Baedeker, Tobias
Bastidas, Mike
Cando, Lee
Costa, Ciniro
Hyman, Glenn G.
Matiz Rubio, Natalia
Ramírez Diaz, Mariangela
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Ruden, Alejandro
Teillard, Felix
Villegas, Daniel Mauricio
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Bastidas, Mike
Matiz Rubio, Natalia
Ruden, Alejandro
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Hyman, Glenn G.
Arango, Jacobo
Baedeker, Tobias
Cando, Lee
Ramírez Diaz, Mariangela
Teillard, Felix
Costa, Ciniro
author_sort Villegas, Daniel Mauricio
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description Key messages: ■ Using field measurements, it was found that pastures in clay soils in the Orinoquía region can store as more than 200 tCha-1 (0-100 cm). Results are 40% higher than the IPCC default values (0-30cm). ■ Close to 30% of the total SOC stock were found in the top 0-20 cm soil layer, highlighting the importance of evaluating deeper soil layers in SOC assessments. ■ Improving pasture systems have the potential to accumulate SOC, especially in the topsoil layer. This may be a consequence of higher forage production in improved pastures and cattle waste depositions. ■ Clay soils in Orinoquía shows a large potential for SOC sequestration through pasture improvement (~2.0 tCha-1y-1; 0-20 cm). This rate should be reduced overtime once SOC stocks approach a new steady-state. Therefore, future monitoring is critical to validating findings and better understanding SOC changes in the region. ■ This info note reports high sequestration potential for grassland in Colombia's Orinoquía region, which can be attractive for climate finance. Information is also provided to improve SOC estimation and implement SOC monitoring systems.
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spelling CGSpace1162312025-11-05T12:37:51Z Soil carbon stocks in tropical pasture systems in Colombia’s Orinoquía region: supporting readiness for climate finance Villegas, Daniel Mauricio Bastidas, Mike Matiz Rubio, Natalia Ruden, Alejandro Rao, Idupulapati M. Hyman, Glenn G. Arango, Jacobo Baedeker, Tobias Cando, Lee Ramírez Diaz, Mariangela Teillard, Felix Costa, Ciniro soil climate carbon suelo clima carbono climate change agriculture food security Key messages: ■ Using field measurements, it was found that pastures in clay soils in the Orinoquía region can store as more than 200 tCha-1 (0-100 cm). Results are 40% higher than the IPCC default values (0-30cm). ■ Close to 30% of the total SOC stock were found in the top 0-20 cm soil layer, highlighting the importance of evaluating deeper soil layers in SOC assessments. ■ Improving pasture systems have the potential to accumulate SOC, especially in the topsoil layer. This may be a consequence of higher forage production in improved pastures and cattle waste depositions. ■ Clay soils in Orinoquía shows a large potential for SOC sequestration through pasture improvement (~2.0 tCha-1y-1; 0-20 cm). This rate should be reduced overtime once SOC stocks approach a new steady-state. Therefore, future monitoring is critical to validating findings and better understanding SOC changes in the region. ■ This info note reports high sequestration potential for grassland in Colombia's Orinoquía region, which can be attractive for climate finance. Information is also provided to improve SOC estimation and implement SOC monitoring systems. 2021-11-23 2021-11-23T23:25:12Z 2021-11-23T23:25:12Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116231 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Villegas DM, Bastidas M, Matiz-Rubio N, Ruden A, Rao IM, Hyman G, Arango J, Baedeker T, Cando L, Ramirez Diaz M, Teillard F, Costa Jr C. 2021. Soil carbon stocks in tropical pasture systems in Colombia’s Orinoquía region: supporting readiness for climate finance. CCAFS Info Note. Wageningen, The Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
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climate
carbon
suelo
clima
carbono
climate change
agriculture
food security
Villegas, Daniel Mauricio
Bastidas, Mike
Matiz Rubio, Natalia
Ruden, Alejandro
Rao, Idupulapati M.
Hyman, Glenn G.
Arango, Jacobo
Baedeker, Tobias
Cando, Lee
Ramírez Diaz, Mariangela
Teillard, Felix
Costa, Ciniro
Soil carbon stocks in tropical pasture systems in Colombia’s Orinoquía region: supporting readiness for climate finance
title Soil carbon stocks in tropical pasture systems in Colombia’s Orinoquía region: supporting readiness for climate finance
title_full Soil carbon stocks in tropical pasture systems in Colombia’s Orinoquía region: supporting readiness for climate finance
title_fullStr Soil carbon stocks in tropical pasture systems in Colombia’s Orinoquía region: supporting readiness for climate finance
title_full_unstemmed Soil carbon stocks in tropical pasture systems in Colombia’s Orinoquía region: supporting readiness for climate finance
title_short Soil carbon stocks in tropical pasture systems in Colombia’s Orinoquía region: supporting readiness for climate finance
title_sort soil carbon stocks in tropical pasture systems in colombia s orinoquia region supporting readiness for climate finance
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climate
carbon
suelo
clima
carbono
climate change
agriculture
food security
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116231
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