scholarly journals Assessing soil carbon storage and climate change mitigation in biosolids mine reclamation projects

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Trlica ◽  
Mark Teshima
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Mine Reclamation ◽  
Soil Carbon Storage ◽  
Change Mitigation

scholarly journals Soil Carbon Transitions Supporting Climate Change Mitigation

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Kurniatun Hairiah
Keyword(s):  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Agricultural Intensification ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Soil Carbon Storage ◽  
Soil Carbon Stocks ◽  
Supporting Soil ◽  
Change Mitigation

Maintaining and where feasible restoring soil carbon stocks is part of all sustainable development strategies that have a chance of meeting the global commitment of the Paris Agreement to contain global warming within a 1.5<sup>o</sup>C limit. Active policies to incentivize increased soil carbon storage require under­standing of the drivers of soil carbon decline, as well as the conditions under which soil management leads to an increase. Soil carbon transitions -- shifts from decline to increase of soil carbon stocks -- have been recorded as part of agricultural intensification. Organic inputs supporting soil carbon may primarily depend on roots, rather than aboveground inputs, and thus on the choice of crops, trees, and grasses that make up an agricultural land use system.

scholarly journals Result-oriented Agri-Environmental Climate Schemes as a means of promoting climate change mitigation in olive growing

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Colombo ◽  
Beatriz Rocamora-Montiel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Environmental Implications ◽  
Mitigation Potential ◽  
Hybrid Governance ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Oriented Approach

The climate change mitigation potential of olive farming has been widely acknowledged. It has particular relevance in regions such as Andalusia (southern Spain) where olive growing is a key land use activity with significant social, economic and environmental implications. This potential of olive farming, however, is not adequately embodied in current Agri-Environmental Climate Schemes (AECS), which often fail to deliver the expected outcomes. The present article proposes an alternative strategy based on a result-oriented approach to AECS for enhancing soil carbon sequestration in Andalusian olive growing. After reviewing the current legal and institutional situation which forbids the wide application of result-oriented agri-environmental schemes, we suggest the use of alternative territorial governance arrangements, such as hybrid governance structures (HGS), as a framework to support the implementation of a result-oriented approach in the specific case of olive growing. Results indicate that the application of HGS can provide valuable benefits in terms of soil carbon storage. The information provided may be useful in the proposed new legislative framework, at both European and regional level, to promote more sustainable farming systems.

Managing organic amendments in agroecosystems to enhance soil carbon storage and mitigate climate change

2020 ◽  
pp. 89-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Alvarenga ◽  
João Paulo Carneiro ◽  
David Fangueiro ◽  
Cláudia M.d.S. Cordovil ◽  
Maria Pilar Bernal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Organic Amendments ◽  
Soil Carbon Storage ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change

scholarly journals CARBON STORAGE OF MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM IN NORTH SULAWESI AND ITS IMPLICATIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION ACTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Louise Kepel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Mangrove Ecosystem ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Average Value ◽  
North Sulawesi ◽  
Mangrove Ecosystems ◽  
Change Mitigation

North Sulawesi is one of the provinces that implements national / regional action plan (RAN / RAD) policies as part of a national effort to climate change mitigation. One of the land-based mitigation activities in North Sulawesi is to measure and monitore  biomass and carbon stocks in forests including coastal forests where the measurement area is still limited. In 2013-2015, Blue Carbon Research Group  conducted research in four locations in North Sulawesi, which aims to analyze the ecological conditions and the ability of coastal ecosystems, especially mangrove in sequestering carbon. Study sites situated in Ratatotok - Southeast Minahasa Regency, Kema - North Minahasa Regency, Lembeh Island – Bitung City and Sangihe Island – Sangihe Regency. A total of 17 species identified where B. gymnorrhiza, R. mucronata and S. alba found in all locations. Species diversity ranges from low to moderate, where species distribution is uneven. Carbon storage capacity is equal to 343.85 Mg C ha-1 in Ratatotok, 254,35 Mg C ha-1 in Lembeh, 387,95 Mg C ha-1 in Kema and 594,83 Mg C ha-1 in Sangihe. More than 59% of carbon storage are in the sediment. The average value of carbon storage in the four research sites is 456,86 Mg C ha-1 or 5,70 Tg C after converted to a total area of mangrove ecosystems in North Sulawesi. The value is equal to absorption of atmospheric CO2 by 20.70 Tg CO2e. Potential emission due to changes in mangrove conversion reach 0.42 Tg CO2e. Efforts to increase the contribution of reducing North Sulawesi emissions can be achieved by implementing emission reduction interventions through the rehabilitation and conservation of mangrove ecosystems. 

scholarly journals Global geologic carbon storage requirements of climate change mitigation scenarios

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1561-1567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Zahasky ◽  
Samuel Krevor
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Growth Duration ◽  
Geologic Carbon Storage ◽  
Rate Analysis ◽  
Resource Requirements ◽  
Storage Resource ◽  
Change Mitigation

Growth rate analysis indicates IPCC 2100 storage targets are achievable, however tradeoffs exist between CO2 storage resource requirements, storage growth rate, and growth duration, with a ceiling on required storage resources of 2700 Gt.

scholarly journals Co-benefits of protecting mangroves for biodiversity conservation and carbon storage

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Mizanur Rahman ◽  
Martin Zimmer ◽  
Imran Ahmed ◽  
Daniel Donato ◽  
Mamoru Kanzaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Plant Biomass ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Blue Carbon ◽  
Ecosystem Carbon ◽  
Sediment Organic Carbon ◽  
Change Mitigation

AbstractThe conservation of ecosystems and their biodiversity has numerous co-benefits, both for local societies and for humankind worldwide. While the co-benefit of climate change mitigation through so called blue carbon storage in coastal ecosystems has raised increasing interest in mangroves, the relevance of multifaceted biodiversity as a driver of carbon storage remains unclear. Sediment salinity, taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and functional distinctiveness together explain 69%, 69%, 27% and 61% of the variation in above- and belowground plant biomass carbon, sediment organic carbon and total ecosystem carbon storage, respectively, in the Sundarbans Reserved Forest. Functional distinctiveness had the strongest explanatory power for carbon storage, indicating that blue carbon in mangroves is driven by the functional composition of diverse tree assemblages. Protecting and restoring mangrove biodiversity with site-specific dominant species and other species of contrasting functional traits would have the co-benefit of maximizing their capacity for climate change mitigation through increased carbon storage.

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