Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3319297929 ISBN 13 : 9783319297927

Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2016

Synopsis

Chapter 1 Introduction to the SAMPLES Approach.- Chapter 2 Targeting Landscapes to Identify Mitigation Options.- Chapter 3 Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals Associated with Land Use and Land Cover Change.- Chapter 4 Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Managed and Natural Soils.- Chapter 5 A Comparison of Methodologies for Measuring Methane Emissions from Ruminants.- Chapter 6 Quantifying Tree Biomass Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Agricultural Landscapes.- Chapter 7 Methods for Smallholder Quantification of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes.- Chapter 8 Yield Estimation of Food and Non-Food Crops in Smallholder Production Systems.- Chapter 9 Scaling Point and Plot Measurements of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes, Balances and Intensities to Whole Farms and Landscapes.- Chapter 10 Methods for Environment-Productivity Trade-off Analysis in Agricultural Systems.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Todd S. Rosenstock is an Environmental Impacts Scientist at the The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Klaus Butterbach-Bahl is Head of Department "Atmosphere/ Biosphere Interactions and Global Change" at IMK-IFU, Karlsruhe Research Centre. He is also a senior scientist in Biogeochemistry at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya.
Dr. Meryl Richards is an agroecologist who joined the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in January 2013 as a Science Officer for Theme 3: Pro-Poor Climate Change Mitigation. Her research experience and interests center around synergies and trade-offs between food security and environmental conservation in smallholder agriculture, as well as measurement of GHG emissions from agriculture. She has a particular interest in agroforestry systems and has conducted research in Central America and West Africa.
Dr. Marina Rufino is a SeniorScientist and team leader at Forest and Environment, Center forInternational Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Indonesia. Dr. Lini Wollenberg is Research Associate Professor at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont. She was previously the Director of the Center for Sustainable Agriculture, U. of Vermont (2007-2009); Principle Scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (1994-2005); and Program Officer for Asia's Rural Poverty and Resources Program at the Ford Foundation (1991-1994).

Dr. Eva Wollenberg is currently Flagship Leader for Low Emissions Agriculture for CCAFS and Research Associate Professor at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont. She was previously the Director of the Center for Sustainable Agriculture, U. of Vermont (2007-2009); Principle Scientist atthe Center for International Forestry Research (1994- 2005); and Program Officer for Asia's Rural Poverty and Resources Program at the Ford Foundation (1991-1994).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319297929
• ISBN 13: 9783319297927
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 218
• Éditeur: Rosenstock Todd S., Rufino Mariana C., Butterbach-Bahl Klaus, Wollenberg Lini, Richards Meryl
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