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CARBON MANAGEMENT
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 81-91Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.4155/CMT.13.77
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- Cambridge Conservation Initiative Collaborative Fund for Conservation
- Arcadia
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Carbon stored in soils worldwide exceeds the amount of carbon stored in phytomass and the atmosphere. Despite the large quantity of carbon stored as soil organic carbon (SOC), consensus is lacking on the size of global SOC stocks, their spatial distribution, and the carbon emissions from soils due to changes in land use and land cover. This article summarizes published estimates of global SOC stocks through time and provides an overview of the likely impacts of management options on SOC stocks. We then discuss the implications of existing knowledge of SOC stocks, their geographical distribution and the emissions due to management regimes on policy decisions, and the need for better soil carbon science to mitigate losses and enhance soil carbon stocks.
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