Biosequestration and Ecological Diversity: Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Environmental Degradation
In: Social Environmental Sustainability Ser.
IntroductionGlobal Warming and Ecological DegradationEmergence of the AnthropoceneClimate Change as ContextAn Overview of Climate Change EvidenceCO2 and Radiative ForcingClimate Sensitivity: The Likely Extent and Rate of WarmingThe Ecosystem Impacts of Global Warming and Related Ecological CrisesPrelude to a StrategyReferencesThe Global Carbon Cycle and Terrestrial BiosequestrationTerrestrial Ecosystems and the Carbon Cycle ImbalanceEnhanced Carbon SequestrationThe Problem of PermanenceReferencesTerrestrial Carbon, Food Security, and Biosequestration EnhancementLand and Carbon ManagementForest Biomes and Carbon SinksAgricultural Land, Degraded Soils, and Water ScarcityFood SecurityBeyond EmissionsA Conservative Estimate of Global Terrestrial Carbon Biosequestration EnhancementReferencesLand Management Examples, Practices, and PrinciplesLand Management for Carbon Biosequestration and Ecological DiversityConcrete Steps and a VisionReferencesConservation Policy and the Politics of GrowthConservation Assistance Is AvailableSocietal Transformation and the Politics of GrowthReferencesAppendix A: Measures and Conversion UnitsAppendix B: Surface AlbedoIndex.