Biosequestration and ecological diversity mitigating and adapting to climate change and environmental degradation

• Main Author: White, Wayne A.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2013.
• Series: Social-environmental sustainability series.
• Subjects: Carbon sequestration.; Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry); Acclimatization.; Climatic changes > Environmental aspects.; Biodiversity conservation.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781439853689
• Physical Description: xxiii, 225 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.).

"Written for students, researchers, and academics involved in environmental and social sciences, as well as land owners and managers, this reference is the first of its kind to cover biosequestration for a broad audience. The author covers the scientific evidence of biosequestration, the variou...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Global warming and ecological degradation
• 2. The global carbon cycle and terrestrial biosequestration
• 3. Terrestrial carbon, food security, and biosequestration enhancement
• 4. Land management examples, practices, and principles
• 5. Conservation policy and the politics of growth.