2022
DOI: 10.1111/sum.12790
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Grassland rehabilitation significantly increases soil carbon stocks by reducing net soil CO2 emissions

Abstract: Restoration of degraded grasslands through improved management is among the possible sustainable solutions to compensate for anthropogenic soil carbon (C) emissions. While several studies have shown a positive effect of rehabilitation on soil C, the impact on soil CO2 emissions is still uncertain. Therefore, this study aimed at quantifying the impact of grassland rehabilitation on soil CO2 emissions in a degraded grassland, South Africa. Commonly used rehabilitation practices were considered, that is rotationa… Show more

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“…Recent attempts have been made to reduce organic carbon loss from soils for climate change mitigation, whose measures include crop residue incorporation (Lupwayi et al 2022;Zhu et al 2022a), organic matter stabilization with clay and metal oxides (Baumann et al 2022;Di et al 2022), fertilizer application (da Silva et al 2022;Gasser et al 2022;Qiu et al 2022;Thakur et al 2022;Zhang et al 2022b), reduced or conservational tillage (Ferrara et al 2022;He et al 2022a;Islam et al 2022), rotational grazing (Abdalla et al 2022;Dong et al 2021), silvopastoral system (Aryal et al 2019;Valenzuela Que et al 2022), and ecological restoration (Howson et al 2022;Wang et al 2020b;Zhao et al 2022). Among them, application of biochar is a promising one due to simultaneous achievement of waste management, nutrient delivery, contaminant immobilization, and climate change mitigation.…”
Section: Co 2 Emissionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recent attempts have been made to reduce organic carbon loss from soils for climate change mitigation, whose measures include crop residue incorporation (Lupwayi et al 2022;Zhu et al 2022a), organic matter stabilization with clay and metal oxides (Baumann et al 2022;Di et al 2022), fertilizer application (da Silva et al 2022;Gasser et al 2022;Qiu et al 2022;Thakur et al 2022;Zhang et al 2022b), reduced or conservational tillage (Ferrara et al 2022;He et al 2022a;Islam et al 2022), rotational grazing (Abdalla et al 2022;Dong et al 2021), silvopastoral system (Aryal et al 2019;Valenzuela Que et al 2022), and ecological restoration (Howson et al 2022;Wang et al 2020b;Zhao et al 2022). Among them, application of biochar is a promising one due to simultaneous achievement of waste management, nutrient delivery, contaminant immobilization, and climate change mitigation.…”
Section: Co 2 Emissionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Land degradation from agricultural practices results in significant loss of soil carbon stock. Grassland accounts for nearly 70% of global agricultural land, and its mismanagement has led to the loss of approximately 300 GtC in grassland soil (Abdalla et al, 2022). Peatland represents one of the most carbon rich and fertile soils on earth, storing 30% of global soil carbon; but drainage and intensive cultivation has resulted in a huge loss of peat (Matysek et al, 2022).…”
Section: Ecosystem Service: Climate Regulationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sustainable agricultural practices, such as rotational grazing in grassland and residue return in cropland, can significantly reduce net CO 2 emission and increase soil carbon stock (Abdalla et al, 2022; Islam et al, 2022). The wastage of peat can be regulated by careful water‐table management, but it also causes trade‐offs among respiratory loss of carbon, CH4 emission and plant productivity (Matysek et al, 2022).…”
Section: Ecosystem Service: Climate Regulationmentioning
confidence: 99%