Carbon Sequestration, Soil Conservation, and the Kyoto Protocol: Summary of Implications

This paper discusses relationships between soil conservation, carbon sequestration, and the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol is the first attempt to use the flexibility of the global market place to stabilize and reduce GHG emissions, mitigate climate change, and promote sustainable development. T...

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Published in:Climatic change 2004-08, Vol.65 (3), p.255-261
Main Author: Dumanski, Julian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agreements
Carbon
Carbon dioxide
Carbon sequestration
Climate change
Climate change mitigation
Emissions control
Environmental management
Environmental protection
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Kyoto Protocol
Land management
Organic matter
Soil conservation
Soil erosion
Soil fertility
Soil organic matter
Sustainable development
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Summary:This paper discusses relationships between soil conservation, carbon sequestration, and the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol is the first attempt to use the flexibility of the global market place to stabilize and reduce GHG emissions, mitigate climate change, and promote sustainable development. The protocol emerged first as a framework agreement, but through international negotiations it is progressing into sets of legal articles. These impose obligations on all signatories, but they also identify opportunities for improved environmental land management at local, national and international levels. This is particularly true for soil conservation, where the sequestration of carbon above and below ground increases soil organic matter, enhances soil fertility, and improves production, while concomitantly reducing atmospheric CO2. It is a classic 'win-win' situation. Both the evolving opportunities and the obligations under the Kyoto Protocol are discussed in the paper. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0165-0009
1573-1480
DOI:10.1023/B:CLIM.0000038210.66057.61