Authors
Budiman Minasny, Brendan P Malone, Alex B McBratney, Denis A Angers, Dominique Arrouays, Adam Chambers, Vincent Chaplot, Zueng-Sang Chen, Kun Cheng, Bhabani S Das, Damien J Field, Alessandro Gimona, Carolyn B Hedley, Suk Young Hong, Biswapati Mandal, Ben P Marchant, Manuel Martin, Brian G McConkey, Vera Leatitia Mulder, Sharon O'Rourke, Anne C Richer-de-Forges, Inakwu Odeh, José Padarian, Keith Paustian, Genxing Pan, Laura Poggio, Igor Savin, Vladimir Stolbovoy, Uta Stockmann, Yiyi Sulaeman, Chun-Chih Tsui, Tor-Gunnar Vågen, Bas Van Wesemael, Leigh Winowiecki
Publication date
2017/4/15
Source
Geoderma
Volume
292
Pages
59-86
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
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 region specific efforts and scopes for soil carbon sequestration. Reported soil C sequestration rates globally show that under best management practices, 4 per mille or even higher sequestration …
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