Carbon sequestration in tropical grassland ecosystems / edited by L. 'tMannetje ... [et al.].

• TeilnehmendeR: Mannetje, L. 't.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Table of Contents

Preface; Table of contents; Executive summary; Foreword: in search of new horizons in socio-environmental policies; Manuel Rodríguez-Becerra; The need for action and policy makers; Research findings and CDM; Socio-economic relevance: soil restoration and poverty alleviation; Future research ; Chapter 1. Introduction; M.C. Amézquita, E. Murgeitio, B.L. Ramirez and M.A. Ibrahim; Tropical America: land use, land use change, economic and environmental importance of pasture and silvopastoral production systems; Description of ecosystems; The Andean Hillsides ecosystem

Statistical analysisChapter 3. C stocks and sequestration; M.C. Amézquita, E. Amézquita, F. Casasola, B.L. Ramirez, H. Giraldo, M.E. Gómez, T. Llanderal, J. Velázquez and M.A. Ibrahim ; C stocks in long-established land use systems ; Andean Hillsides, Colombia; Amazonia, Colombia; Costa Rica; Soil C sequestration by newly established improved land use systems on degraded land; Andean Hillsides, Colombia; Amazonia, Colombia; Costa Rica; C stock distribution in the soil profile in the various ecosystems; General discussion of C stocks and sequestration; Long-established land use systems

Short-term experimentsChapter 4. Analysis of soil variability and data consistency; P. Buurman and O. Mosquera ; Introduction; Homogeneity of soils; Consistency of C analyses; Results; Homogeneity of soils in trial fields; Total and oxidisable C; Conclusions; Chapter 5. Factors affecting soil C stocks: a multivariate analysis approach; P. Buurman, M.C. Amézquita and H. F. Ramírez; Introduction; Results and discussion; Conclusions; Chapter 6. Methodology of socio-economic research; J. Gobbi, B.L. Ramírez, J. Muñoz and P. Cuellar; Introduction

Conceptual framework of the socio-economic researchStages of socio-economic research; Farmers' participation; Data gathering ; Data analysis; Farm production and financial indicators; Simulation of investment scenarios; Chapter 7. Socio-economic results; B.L. Ramírez, P. Cuéllar, J.A. Gobbi and J. Muñoz ; Amazonia; Farm characterization; Farm income indicators; Investment models; Description of models; Model results; Policy implications; Andean Hillsides, Colombia; Farm types studied in the project and their characteristics; Farming systems in the Andean Hillsides

Socio-economic base-line of the studied farms