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Book (stand-alone)Unlocking the Potential of Soil Organic Carbon – Outcome Document of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon 2017This document presents the main outcomes of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon (GSOC17) held at FAO headquarters (Rome, 21-23 March 2017). It presents key messages intensively discussed and developed by the GSOC17 participants and subsequently reviewed and synthesized by the Scientific Committee. The GSOC17 Outcome Document highlights major issues and future directions regarding Soil Organic Carbon preservation and enhancement in research, practice and policy.
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Book (stand-alone)Recarbonizing global soils – A technical manual of recommended management practices
Volume 1 - Introduction and methodology
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No results found.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 1 is an introduction to the full collection and presents the detailed methodology and structure of the following volumes. -
BookletTechnical specifications and country guidelines for Global Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Potential Map (GSOCseq) 2020
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No results found.This document provides technical specifications and guidance for the generation of national Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Potential (GSOCseq) maps at 1km resolution for agricultural lands, based on a ‘bottom-up’, country-driven approach. SOC stocks 0-30 cm of mineral soils shall be projected over a 20-year period after adoption of Sustainable Soil Management (SSM) practices oriented to increase carbon inputs to cropland and grassland soils. In order to obtain consistent results and to allow comparisons between countries and regions, the use of RothC as a standard spatialized SOC model is requested. General modeling procedures, data requirements and data sources are described. The final product specifications and data submission formats are also provided. This approach will require collaboration and interaction with country-level digital mapping and modeling experts and local capacity building. GSP will organize training sessions to support countries that require technical assistance to produce their own maps, and will facilitate the production of datasets for countries lacking the required local input data. The final product will be relevant to identify which regions, environments and agricultural systems present the greater potential for increasing SOC stocks, and to establish priorities for the implementation of global and national public and private policies.
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