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The Potential of US Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect
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In a mature forest ecosystem, soil is as important a carbon sink as the above-ground biomass.. As increasing numbers of forests are managed in a wide diversity of climates and soils, the potential importance of forest soils for carbon sequestration grows. The text provides researchers, land use managers, and policy makers with increased understanding of soil processes and their relation to carbon dynamics, techniques to measure and strategies to monitor forest soil carbon, the effects of management on soils in a wide range of forest ecosystems, and options that can be used in policy development.Comments (1 - 1 of 1)
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Flag comment for removal AndrewFynn 6 months ago
This book is a good reference and source of data for the newcomer. It is well written and accessible. It is available at google books. For a scientific paper quantifying a range of management effects on soil carbon levels see Conant et al 2001. Bear in mind that soils hold up to 4 times as much carbon as all the world's plants and trees, and twice as much carbon as the plants, trees, and atmosphere combined. Also consider that degradative land management and unsustainable practices such as massive burning of biomass and overgrazing, and conversion of rangelands to agriculture and development have lead to cast releases of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere (through oxidation of one form or another). The potential and fragility of the world's soils is now being recognized at the highest level (Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC and World Bank, FAO, and others). Expect a lot of activity and news in this sector and the inclusion of soil carbon within the second round of the Kyoto Protocol, post Copenhagen meeting in December 2009. See www.carboncoalition.com.au for an introduction to the topic.
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