Soil carbon,multiple benefits

In March 2013,40 leading experts from across the world gathered at a workshop, hosted by the EuropeanCommission, Directorate General Joint Research Centre, Italy, to discuss the multiple benefits o fsoil carbon as part of a Rapid Assessment Process (RAP) project commissioned by Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE). This collaboration led to the publication of the SCOPE Series Volume 71 “Soil Carbon:Science, Management and Policy for Multiple Benefits”; which brings together the essential scientific evidence and policy opportunities regarding the global importance of soil carbon.This short communication summarizes the key messages of the assessment including research and policy implications. & 2014ElsevierLtd.

MILNE Eleanor;  BANWART Steven;  NOELLEMEYER Elke;  ABSON David J.;  BALLABIO Cristiano;  BAMPA Francesca;  BATIONO Andre;  BATJES Niels;  BERNOUX Martial;  BHATTACHARYYA Tapas;  BLACK Helaina;  BUSCHIAZZO Daniel;  CAI Zucong;  CERRI Calos Eduardo;  CHENG Kun;  COMPAGNONE Claude;  CONANT Rich;  COUTINHO Heitor L.C.;  DE BROGNIEZ Delphine;  BALIERO Fabiano De Carvalho;  DUFFY Christopher;  FELLER Christian;  FIDALGO Elaine C.C.;  FIGUEIRA DA SILVA Cristiane;  FUNK Roger;  GAUDIG Greta;  GICHERU Patrick;  GOLDHABER Marty;  GOTTSCHALK Pia;  GOULET Frederic;  GOVERSE Tessa;  GRATHWOHL Peter;  JOOSTEN Hans;  KAMONI Peter T.;  KIHARA Job;  KRAWCZYNSKI Rene;  LA SCALA Newton;  LEMANCEAU Philippe;  LI Lianqing;  LI Zichuan;  LUGATO Emanuele;  MARON Pierre-Alain;  MARTIUS Christopher;  MELILLO Jerry;  MONTANARELLA Luca;  NIKOLAIDIS Nikolaos;  NZIGUHEBA Generose;  PAN Genxing;  PASCUAL Unai;  PAUSTIAN Keith;  PINEIRO Gervasio;  POWLSON David;  QUIROGA Alberto;  RICHTER Daniel;  SIGWALT Annie;  SIX Johan;  SMITH J.U.;  SMITH P.;  STOCKING Michael;  TANNEBERGER Franziska;  TERMANSEN Mette;  VAN NOORDWIJK Meine;  VAN WESEMAEL Bas;  VARGAS Rodrigo;  LUIZ VICTORIA Reynaldo;  WASWA Boaz;  WERNER David;  WICHMANN Sabine;  WICHTMANN Wendelin;  ZHANG Xuhui;  ZHAO Yongcun;  ZHENG Jinwei;  ZHENG Jufeng; 

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JRC94438

2211-4645,   

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211464514000864,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC94438,   

10.1016/j.envdev.2014.11.005,