Restoration of degraded soils is a development strategy to reduce desertification, soil
erosion and environmental degradation, and alleviate chronic food shortages with great …

If biospheric sinks, such as soil organic carbon, are to be used to meet obligations for
greenhouse gas emission reduction under the Kyoto Protocol, the permanence of these …

Changes in agricultural management can potentially increase the accumulation rate of soil
organic C (SOC), thereby sequestering CO2 from the atmosphere. This study was conducted …

The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has risen from close to 280 parts per million
(ppm) in 1800, at first slowly and then progressively faster to a value of 367 ppm in 1999 …

In Ethiopia, massive deforestation of natural forests and extensive use of agricultural lands
have resulted in soil degradation. Soil organic carbon (SOC) quantity and quality are crucial …

The USA has about 336 Mha of grazing lands of which rangelands account for 48%.
Changes in rangeland soil C can occur in response to a wide range of management and …

We assessed the impact of long-term manuring and fertilization on changes in different SOC
fractions over ten years period (1994–2003) in a Typic Haplustept under intensive cropping …

[目的] 长期大规模翻耕和秸秆燃烧造成土壤有机质(SOM) 大量损失, 使农田成为温室气体的一个
排放源. 然而, 近年来, 随着免耕技术的逐步推广, 秸秆还田面积的增加, 加上施肥 …

'Blue Revolution upturns some environmental applecarts-not for the hell of it, but so we can
manage our environment better.'Fred Pearce, New Scientist This updated and revised …

Homegardens are a common smallholder agroforestry system in Indonesia and throughout
the tropics. These speciesrich, tree-based systems produce non-wood and wood products …