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

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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Main Authors: 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
Format: Libro
Language:Inglés
Español
Portugués
Published: Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) 2021
Subjects:
carbon sequestration
séquestration du carbone
Secuestro de carbono
ordenamento sustentável da terra
sustainable land management
gestion foncière durable
Ordenación de tierras sostenible
preparação do solo
soil management
gestion du sol
Manejo del suelo
climate change mitigation
atténuation des effets du changement climatique
mitigación del cambio climático
Dióxido de carbono
carbon dioxide
dioxyde de carbone
greenhouse gas emissions
émissions de gaz à effet de serre
Emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero
emission reduction
réduction des émissions
reducción de emisiones
planta de cobertura
cover plants
plante de couverture
Plantas de cobertura
Américas
Representación Costa Rica
Online Access:https://repositorio.iica.int/handle/11324/19315
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Summary: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.

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