Unlocking complex soil systems as carbon sinks: multi-pool management as the key

G Angst, KE Mueller, MJ Castellano, C Vogel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Much research focuses on increasing carbon storage in mineral-associated organic matter
(MAOM), in which carbon may persist for centuries to millennia. However, MAOM-targeted …

Forest carbon management: A review of silvicultural practices and management strategies across boreal, temperate and tropical forests

A Ameray, Y Bergeron, O Valeria… - Current Forestry …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Carbon sequestration and storage in forest ecosystems is often
promoted as a solution for reducing CO 2 concentrations in the atmosphere. Yet, our …

Tree functional traits, forest biomass, and tree species diversity interact with site properties to drive forest soil carbon

L Augusto, A Boča - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Forests constitute important ecosystems in the global carbon cycle. However, how trees and
environmental conditions interact to determine the amount of organic carbon stored in forest …

[HTML][HTML] Decomposition and transformations along the continuum from litter to soil organic matter in forest soils

CE Prescott, L Vesterdal - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Until recently, the processes of litter decomposition and soil organic matter formation in
forests have been studied in isolation, which has hindered the development of a …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of organic and conventional cropping systems: A systematic review of life cycle assessment studies

M Boschiero, V De Laurentiis, C Caldeira… - Environmental Impact …, 2023 - Elsevier
Current agricultural practices are increasingly considered to be unsustainable, causing
serious threats to the environment. To meet international and European sustainability goals …

Rates and drivers of aboveground carbon accumulation in global monoculture plantation forests

JJ Bukoski, SC Cook-Patton, C Melikov, H Ban… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Restoring forest cover is a key action for mitigating climate change. Although monoculture
plantations dominate existing commitments to restore forest cover, we lack a synthetic view …

How does management affect soil C sequestration and greenhouse gas fluxes in boreal and temperate forests?–A review

R Mäkipää, R Abramoff, B Adamczyk, V Baldy… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global forest carbon (C) stock is estimated at 662 Gt of which 45% is in soil organic
matter. Thus, comprehensive understanding of the effects of forest management practices on …

Comprehensive review of carbon quantification by improved forest management offset protocols

BK Haya, S Evans, L Brown, J Bukoski… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Improved forest management (IFM) has the potential to remove and store large quantities of
carbon from the atmosphere. Around the world, 293 IFM offset projects have produced 11 …

Restoring degraded lands

A Arneth, L Olsson, A Cowie, KH Erb… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Land degradation continues to be an enormous challenge to human societies, reducing
food security, emitting greenhouse gases and aerosols, driving the loss of biodiversity …

Sustainable forest biomass: A review of current residue harvesting guidelines

BD Titus, K Brown, HS Helmisaari… - Energy, Sustainability …, 2021 - Springer
Forest biomass harvesting guidelines help ensure the ecological sustainability of forest
residue harvesting for bioenergy and bioproducts, and hence contribute to social license for …