Soils and sustainable development goals of the United Nations: An International Union of Soil Sciences perspective

R Lal, J Bouma, E Brevik, L Dawson, DJ Field… - Geoderma …, 2021 - Elsevier
Being critical to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations,
strengthening understanding of the properties and processes of soil at national and regional …

Drivers and consequences of agricultural land abandonment and its reutilisation pathways: A systematic review

YR Subedi, P Kristiansen, O Cacho - Environmental Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural land abandonment is a complex, multidimensional and non-linear global
phenomenon driven by multiple factors and with contrasting impacts on agrobiodiversity …

[HTML][HTML] Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon

K Georgiou, RB Jackson, O Vindušková… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Soil is the largest terrestrial reservoir of organic carbon and is central for climate change
mitigation and carbon-climate feedbacks. Chemical and physical associations of soil carbon …

[HTML][HTML] The neglected role of abandoned cropland in supporting both food security and climate change mitigation

Q Zheng, T Ha, AV Prishchepov, Y Zeng, H Yin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the looming land scarcity for agriculture, cropland abandonment is widespread
globally. Abandoned cropland can be reused to support food security and climate change …

Enhancing soil carbon and nitrogen through grassland conversion from degraded croplands in China: Assessing magnitudes and identifying key drivers of …

Y Li, Y Li, Q Zhang, G Xu, G Liang, DG Kim… - Soil and Tillage …, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification has resulted in severe degradation of croplands in China. While
the conversion of degraded croplands to grasslands has been proposed as a potential …

[HTML][HTML] Restoring soil fertility on degraded lands to meet food, fuel, and climate security needs via perennialization

S Mosier, SC Córdova, GP Robertson - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A continuously growing pressure to increase food, fiber, and fuel production to meet
worldwide demand and achieve zero hunger has put severe pressure on soil resources …

[HTML][HTML] Restoring abandoned farmland to mitigate climate change on a full earth

Y Yang, SE Hobbie, RR Hernandez, J Fargione… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
Degraded farmlands have been abandoned worldwide, especially in high-and middle-
income countries. These lands help combat climate change as they undergo natural …

[HTML][HTML] Plant litter traits control microbial decomposition and drive soil carbon stabilization

JR Ridgeway, EM Morrissey, ER Brzostek - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
a bstract Efforts to manage soils for carbon (C) sequestration remain limited by our
understanding of how differences in plant traits and microbial traits mechanistically drive soil …

Decoupling analysis and scenario prediction of agricultural CO2 emissions: An empirical analysis of 30 provinces in China

J Jiang, T Zhao, J Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
This study explores the decoupling status and the future trend of CO 2 emissions from
agricultural sector. First, this study uses the Log-Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) model to identify …

[HTML][HTML] Potential of land-based climate change mitigation strategies on abandoned cropland

MH Gvein, X Hu, JS Næss, MDB Watanabe… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Natural revegetation, afforestation, and lignocellulosic crops for bioenergy, possibly coupled
with a developing technology like carbon capture and storage, are the most common land …