Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems
Opportunities and Challenges
Editors: Kumar, B. Mohan, Nair, P. K. Ramachandran (Eds.)
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This multi-authored volume contains peer-reviewed chapters from the world’s leading researchers and professionals in this topic. It is a compendium of original research articles, case studies, and regional overviews and summarizes the current state of knowledge on carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems. The main hypothesis of the book is that the farmers since time immemorial have integrated an array of tree and crop species in their land use systems as a means to achieve higher productivity, risk avoidance, product diversification, and sustainability. These multispecies production systems also impact the ecosystem processes favorably. Yet, our understanding of the diversity attributes and carbon dynamics under agroforestry is not adequate. Although carbon sequestration is a focal theme of discussion in most agroforestry and climate conferences, publications on carbon sequestration in agroforestry are scattered. This book, with 16 chapters organized into three broad sections titled: Measurement and Estimation, Agrobiodiversity and Tree Management, and Policy and Socioeconomic Aspects, represent a cross section of the opportunities and challenges in current research and emerging issues in harnessing carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems. The book is unique in its exclusive and global coverage of the subject, and constitutes a valuable reference material for students and researchers in the field of agroforestry and climate change mitigation.
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Methodological Challenges in Estimating Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems
Pages 3-16
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Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Practices in Temperate North America
Pages 17-42
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Carbon Sequestration in European Agroforestry Systems
Pages 43-59
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Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems in Africa
Pages 61-83
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Soil Carbon Sequestration in Cacao Agroforestry Systems: A Case Study from Bahia, Brazil
Pages 85-99
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems
- Book Subtitle
- Opportunities and Challenges
- Editors
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- B. Mohan Kumar
- P. K. Ramachandran Nair
- Series Title
- Advances in Agroforestry
- Series Volume
- 8
- Copyright
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-007-1630-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-1630-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-1629-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-3777-8
- Series ISSN
- 1875-1199
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 310
- Topics
