Soil carbon: putting carbon back where it belongs: in the Earth
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more from Green:
http://www.soilcarbon.com.au/case_studies/index.html
The following are actual Soil Carbon case studies and further information._____-
Sequestering carbon in soil is the most natural, effective, and cost effective way to mitigate global warming and maintain soil health for optimal food security. There are no other methods that can produce the results achieved with soil carbon sequesration. This is the answer to the overabundance of Co2 emissions from fossil fuels, to global poverty, to food insecurity, and the antithesis to the "clean coal" rhetoric that is a fiction.
However, it will not work when attached to a cap and trade mechanism that would allow corporations to continue emitting at present levels while claiming to be financing soil carbon sequestration in a developing country. There must be two sides to this equation in using soil carbon sequestration and rewarding those at the source who are doing it, and also holding those accountable who continue to emit GHGs that nullify the effects of natural sequestration.
This is a very well done presentation that I recommend you watch to understand how very important soil and sustainable agriculture are as solutions to this crisis. Soil carbon sequestration and reforestation along with better grazing management are positive responses that can be achieved that are the quickest ways to absorb the overabundance of carbon in our atmosphere to give us a balance that will work to get us to 350. But it must be fair and equitable to all in order to work.
http://www.soilcarbon.com.au/case_studies/pdf/08TL_SCCPPP_En.pdf
