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Ecosystem Services and Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere

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Editors:
  1. Rattan Lal

    1. The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

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  2. Klaus Lorenz

    1. , Global Soil Forum, IASS Inst. for Adv. Sust. Studies, Potsdam, Germany

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  3. Reinhard F. Hüttl

    1. , Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

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  4. Bernd Uwe Schneider

    1. , Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

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  5. Joachim von Braun

    1. Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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  • Renowned experts deliberate on the possible effects of recarbonization of the biosphere on ecosystem services and human wellbeing
  • The comparison of ecosystem services and their interaction with carbon sequestration in the biosphere helps the reader in identifying challenges and opportunities to incentivize payments for ecosystem services
  • Includes interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches for minimizing risks for ecosystem services by a recarbonized biosphere

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Societal Dependence on Soil’s Ecosystem Services

    • Rattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Reinhard F. Hüttl, Bernd Uwe Schneider, Joachim von Braun
    Pages 1-10

  3. Soils and Ecosystem Services

    • Rattan Lal
    Pages 11-38

  4. Ecosystem Carbon Sequestration

    • Klaus Lorenz
    Pages 39-62

  5. Food Security Through Better Soil Carbon Management

    • Keith Goulding, David Powlson, Andy Whitmore, Andy Macdonald
    Pages 63-78

  6. Soil Carbon and Water Security

    • Karl-Heinz Feger, Daniel Hawtree
    Pages 79-99

  7. Forests, Carbon Pool, and Timber Production

    • Robert Jandl, Silvio Schüler, Andreas Schindlbacher, Christian Tomiczek
    Pages 101-130

  8. Ecosystem Carbon and Soil Biodiversity

    • Gerlinde B. De Deyn
    Pages 131-153

  9. Ecosystem Services and the Global Carbon Cycle

    • M. R. Raupach
    Pages 155-181

  10. Loss of Soil Carbon to the Atmosphere via Inland Surface Waters

    • Julian J. C. Dawson
    Pages 183-208

  11. Why Pests and Disease Regulation Should Concern Mankind

    • Willis A. Oluoch-Kosura, Anne W. Muriuki, Florence M. Olubayo, Dora Kilalo
    Pages 209-220

  12. Natural Hazards Mitigation Services of Carbon-Rich Ecosystems

    • Roland Cochard
    Pages 221-293

  13. Preserving Regulating and Cultural Ecosystem Services: Transformation, Degradation and Conservation Status

    • Benis Nchine Egoh, Joachim Maes
    Pages 295-312

  14. Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production, Stocks and Flows of Carbon, and Biodiversity

    • Helmut Haberl, Karl-Heinz Erb, Simone Gingrich, Thomas Kastner, Fridolin Krausmann
    Pages 313-331

  15. Soil Carbon and Biofuels: Multifunctionality of Ecosystem Services

    • Iris Lewandowski
    Pages 333-356

  16. Land Degradation and Ecosystem Services

    • Zhanguo Bai, David Dent, Yunjin Wu, Rogier de Jong
    Pages 357-381

  17. The Human Dimensions of Environmental Degradation and Ecosystem Services: Understanding and Solving the Commons Dilemma

    • Ajay Singh, Robyn Wilson, Jeremy Bruskotter, Jeremy Brooks, Adam Zwickle, Eric Toman
    Pages 383-405

  18. Soil Organic Carbon, Soil Formation and Soil Fertility

    • Thomas Gaiser, Karl Stahr
    Pages 407-418

  19. Managing Soil Organic Carbon for Advancing Food Security and Strengthening Ecosystem Services in China

    • Mingsheng Fan, Jian Cao, Wenliang Wei, Fusuo Zhang, Yansen Su
    Pages 419-429

  20. Research and Development Priorities for Global Soil-Related Policies and Programs

    • Rattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Reinhard F. Hüttl, Bernd Uwe Schneider, Joachim von Braun
    Pages 431-455
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Ecological functions and human wellbeing depend on ecosystem services. Among the ecosystem services are provisional (food, feed, fuel, fiber), regulating (carbon sequestration, waste recycling, water cleansing), cultural (aesthetic, recreational, spiritual), and supporting services (soil formation, photosynthesis, nutrient cycling). Many relationships of various degree exist among ecosystem services. Thus, land use and soil management to enhance biospheric carbon sinks for carbon sequestration requires a comprehensive understanding on the effects on ecosystem services. Payments for ecosystem services including carbon pricing must address the relationship between carbon sequestration and ecosystem services to minimize risks of overshoot, and promote sustainable use of land-based carbon sinks for human wellbeing.

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“This 19-chapter volume … presents the issues, facts, societal challenges, and potential solutions in stimulating the strengths of carbon sequestration in different ecosystems worldwide. … Valuable for students, researchers in global change science, policy makers, and carbon management practitioners. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (J. Chen, Choice, Vol. 51 (7), March, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

    Rattan Lal

  • , Global Soil Forum, IASS Inst. for Adv. Sust. Studies, Potsdam, Germany

    Klaus Lorenz

  • , Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Reinhard F. Hüttl, Bernd Uwe Schneider

  • Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Joachim von Braun

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