Recarbonizing global soils. A technical manual of recommended management practices. Vol. 3: Cropland, grassland, integrated systems and farming approaches. Practices overview
During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science, as it was proven to be one of the most crucial components of the earth’s climate system, which has a great potential to be managed by humans. Soils as a carbon pool are one of the key factors in several Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 15, “Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss” with the SOC stock being explicitly cited in Indicator 15.3.1. This technical manual is the first attempt to gather, in a standardized format, the existing data on the impacts of the main soil management practices on SOC content in a wide array of environments, including the advantages, drawbacks and constraints. This manual presents different sustainable soil management (SSM) practices at different scales and in different contexts, supported by case studies that have been shown with quantitative data to have a positive effect on SOC stocks and successful experiences of SOC sequestration in practical field applications. Volume 3 includes a total of 49 practices that have a direct impact on SOC sequestration and maintenance in cropland, grassland, integrated systems and farming approaches.
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Format: | Texto biblioteca |
Language: | eng |
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Rome (Italy) FAO
2021
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Subjects: | sustainable use, soil management, soil organic carbon, carbon sequestration, soil conservation, ecosystem services, agricultural practices, conservation agriculture, intercropping, pasture soils, integrated crop-livestock systems, case studies, SDGs, Goal 15 Life on land, |
Online Access: | https://www.fao.org/3/cb6595en/cb6595en.pdf https://doi.org/10.4060/cb6595en |
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