Soil carbon 4 per mille

Minasny, Budiman; Malone, Brendan; McBratney, Alex B.; Angers, Denis A.; Arrouays, Dominique; Chambers, Adam; Chaplot, Vincent; Chen, Zueng‐Sang; Cheng, Kun; Das, Bhabani S.; Field, Damien J.; Gimona, Alessandro; Hedley, C.; Hong, Suk Young; Mandal, Biswapati; Marchant, B. P.; Martín, Manuel; McConkey, B.G.; Mulder, Vera Leatitia; O’Rourke, Sharon; Richer-De-Forges, Anne C; Odeh, Inakwu; Padarian, José; Paustian, Keith; Pan, Genxing; Poggio, Laura; Savin, I. Yu.; Stolbovoy, V. S.; Stockmann, Uta; Sulaeman, Yiyi; Tsui, Chun-Chih; Vågen, Tor‐Gunnar; Wesemael, Bas van; Winowiecki, Leigh

doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.01.002

articleGeodermaJan 19, 2017ITHYBRID OA

Soil carbon 4 per mille

BMBudiman Minasny BMBrendan Malone ABAlex B. McBratney DADenis A. Angers DADominique Arrouays

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Abstract

The ‘4 per mille Soils for Food Security and Climate’ was launched at the COP21 with an aspiration to increase global soil organic matter stocks by 4 per 1000 (or 0.4 %) per year as a compensation for the global emissions of greenhouse gases by anthropogenic sources. This paper surveyed the soil organic carbon (SOC) stock estimates and sequestration potentials from 20 regions in the world (New Zealand, Chile, South Africa, Australia, Tanzania, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, India, China Taiwan, South Korea, China Mainland, United States of America, France, Canada, Belgium, England & Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and Russia). We asked whether the 4 per mille initiative is feasible for the region. The outcomes highlight…

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Environmental science
Soil carbon
Carbon fibers
Soil science
Soil water
Mathematics

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