Overview
- 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)
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About this book
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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From the reviews:
“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)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ecosystem Services and Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere
Editors: Rattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Reinhard F. Hüttl, Bernd Uwe Schneider, Joachim von Braun
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6455-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6454-5Published: 11 June 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8302-6Published: 23 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6455-2Published: 29 May 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 464
Topics: Agriculture, Soil Science & Conservation, Environment, general, Climate Change, Sustainable Development