Instant Insights: Carbon Monitoring and Management in Forests

Chapter 1 - Optimizing forest management for soil carbon sequestration: Andreas Schindlbacher, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Austria; Mathias Mayer, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria; Robert Jandl, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Austria; and Stephan Zimmermann and Frank Hagedorn, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland;

1 Introduction
2 Forest management and soil carbon sequestration
3 Case study: forest soil carbon storage in Central Europe mountain regions
4 Conclusion
5 Future trends in research
6 Where to look for further information
7 References



Chapter taken from: Rumpel, C. (ed.), Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 80146 969 5)



Chapter 2 - The contribution of agroforestry systems to improving soil carbon sequestration: Lydie-Stella Koutika, Research Centre on the Durability and the Productivity of Industrial Plantations (CRDPI), Republic of the Congo; Nicolas Marron, UMR 1434 Silva, INRAE Grand- Est Nancy, Universite de Lorraine, AgroParisTech 54000 Nancy, France; and Remi Cardinael, AIDA, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France, CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Harare and University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe;

1 Introduction
2 Improved soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry relative to other systems
3 Factors driving soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems
4 Other co-benefits of sequestering soil carbon in agroforestry systems
5 Barriers to improving soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems
6 Recommendations
7 Conclusion
8 Where to look for further information
9 References



Chapter taken from: Rumpel, C. (ed.), Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 80146 969 5)



Chapter 3 - Advances in monitoring and reporting forest emissions and removals in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): Marieke Sandker and Till Neeff, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy;

1 Introduction
2 Summary of UNFCCC FREL/FRLs
3 Summary of REDD+ results reported to the UNFCCC
4 Outlook: whats next on MRV for forests?
5 References



Chapter taken from: Blaser, J. and Hardcastle, P. D. (ed.), Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2020, (ISBN 978 1 78676 248 1)



Chapter 4 - Advances in understanding the role of forests in the carbon cycle: Matthew J. McGrath and Anne Sofie Lanso, Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l'environnement, France; Guillaume Marie, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Yi-Ying Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; Tuomo Kalliokoski, University of Helsinki, Finland; Sebastiaan Luyssaert and Kim Naudts, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Philippe Peylin, Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l'environnement, France; and Aude Valade, Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre, Spain;

1 Introduction
2 The importance of forest carbon content
3 Monitoring forest carbon
4 Mechanisms driving forest carbon storage
5 Are forests sources or sinks of carbon?
6 Carbon management as distinct from climate management
7 Future trends and conclusion
8 Acknowledgements
9 Where to look for further information
10 References



Chapter taken from: Stanturf, J. (ed.), Achieving sustainable management of boreal and temperate forests, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2019, (ISBN 978 1 78676 292 4)



Chapter 5 - Climate change and tropical forests: Rodney J. Keenan, The University of Melbourne, Australia;

1 Introduction
2 Tropical forests and the global carbon cycle
3 Other climate effects of tropical forests
4 Changing climate in the tropics
5 Climate change impacts on tropical forests
6 Future tropical forest management: mitigation and adaptation to climate change
7 Future trends
8 Conclusion
9 Where to look for further information
10 References



Chapter taken from: Blaser, J. and Hardcastle, P. D. (ed.), Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2020, (ISBN 978 1 78676 248 1)