A protocol for measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of soil organic carbon in agricultural landscapes : GSOC MRV protocol.

This document provides a conceptual framework and standard methodologies for the monitoring, reporting and verification of changes in SOC stocks and GHG emissions/removals from agricultural projects that adopt sustainable soil management practices (SSM) at farm level. It is intended to be applied in...

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Corporate Authors:	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (sponsoring body.), Global Soil Partnership (sponsoring body.), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (sponsoring body.), Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (sponsoring body.), United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Science-Policy Interface (sponsoring body.), World Meteorological Organization (sponsoring body.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2020.
Subjects:	Soils > Carbon content > Management. Soil science.
Online Access:	http://www.fao.org/3/cb0509en/CB0509EN.pdf

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Summary:	This document provides a conceptual framework and standard methodologies for the monitoring, reporting and verification of changes in SOC stocks and GHG emissions/removals from agricultural projects that adopt sustainable soil management practices (SSM) at farm level. It is intended to be applied in different agricultural lands, including annual and perennial crops (food, fibre, forage and bioenergy crops), paddy rice, grazing lands with livestock including pastures, grasslands, rangelands, shrublands, silvopasture and agroforestry. Although developed for projects carried out at farm level, potential users include investors, research institutions, government agencies, consultants, agricultural companies, NGOs, individual farmers or farmer associations, supply chain and other users who are interested in measuring and estimating SOC stocks and changes and GHG emissions in response to management practices. The document is an outcome of the successful Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon (GSOC17), which was held in Rome in March 2017. The document is of technical nature in support of the Soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration work. Its use is not mandatory but of voluntary nature.
Physical Description:	xxi, 113 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm. Also available online.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-45).
ISBN:	925133126X 9789251331262