Agroforestry for Carbon and Ecosystem Management
- 1st Edition - October 27, 2023
- Editors: Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Ram Swaroop Meena, Arnab Banerjee, Sandeep Kumar, Abhishek Raj
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 3 9 3 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 8 7 5 - 2
Agroforestry for Carbon and Ecosystem Management is a comprehensive overview of current research, issues, challenges, and case studies in the area of agroforestry. The book focu… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAgroforestry for Carbon and Ecosystem Management is a comprehensive overview of current research, issues, challenges, and case studies in the area of agroforestry. The book focuses specifically on carbon source-sink relationship and management through agroforestry practices with a goal of improving overall environmental sustainability. Through expert insights and case studies, the book promotes carbon management, greenhouse gas emission reduction, forest, and ecosystem services management, along with relevant sustainable approaches for natural resources conservation. Users will find insights into novel approaches for natural resource management, with specific attention given to technologies related to carbon capture and management.
In addition, the book addresses the knowledge gap in relation to agroforestry, sustainability, and agroecosystem management and explores the application of remote sensing and geospatial technologies for agroforestry management.
- Presents the latest insights in agroforestry and ecosystem management to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) for a green future
- Includes both theoretical and practical approaches to agroforestry practices
- Presents expert insights on the multidisciplinary challenges and opportunities of agroforestry for carbon and other ecological impacts
- Explores the integration of technological interfaces for improving the potential of agroforestry practices
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Editor biographies
- Preface
- Section I. General/introduction
- Chapter 1. Agroforestry for carbon and ecosystem management: an overview
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Role of agroforestry
- 1.3. Issues and challenges of agroforestry
- 1.4. Potential and prospects of agroforestry
- 1.5. Agroforestry and sustainability
- 1.6. Carbon management through agroforestry
- 1.7. Agroforestry and its ecosystem services
- 1.8. Application of remote sensing and modeling in agroforestry—a future look
- 1.9. Future directives, research and development toward agroforestry development
- 1.10. Policy framework for implementation of agroforestry
- 1.11. Conclusion
- Section II. Agroforestry: A way for sustainability
- Chapter 2. Agroforestry for resource diversification and sustainable development
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Agricultural sustainability
- 2.3. Integrated land use systems
- 2.4. Resource availability and diversity in agroforestry
- 2.5. Agroforestry enhances the fertility of the soil
- 2.6. Agroforestry can restore degraded lands
- 2.7. Agroforestry for sloppy land management
- 2.8. Agroforestry is a proven system of food production
- 2.9. Agroforestry meets nutritional quality and farmer health
- 2.10. Agroforestry enhances household income
- 2.11. Agroforestry generates employment
- 2.12. Agroforestry to support rural livelihoods
- 2.13. Gender role and decision-making in agroforestry
- 2.14. Legal framework
- 2.15. Research and development
- 2.16. Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Agroforestry and agriculture intensification
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. History of agroforestry
- 3.3. Classification of agroforestry systems used in intensive agriculture
- 3.4. Main types of agroforestry systems
- 3.5. Agroforestry in agricultural intensification and ecosystem services
- 3.6. Challenges of agroforestry systems
- 3.7. Research and development about agricultural intensification through agroforestry
- 3.8. Policy and legal framework for agricultural intensification through agroforestry
- 3.9. Future perspective of agricultural intensification through agroforestry
- 3.10. Conclusion
- Chapter 4. Agroforestry for degraded land use systems
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Agroforestry for degraded agricultural land
- 4.3. Agroforestry for degraded forestland
- 4.4. Agroforestry for mine-degraded lands
- 4.5. Agroforestry for degraded salt-affected lands
- 4.6. The role of local people in the restoration of degraded land use systems
- 4.7. Barriers to restoration of degraded lands through agroforestry practices
- 4.8. Agroforestry research and development for restoration of DLS
- 4.9. Agroforestry policy and legal framework for restoration of DLS
- 4.10. Future thrust or roadmap for the use of agroforestry in degraded land use systems
- 4.11. Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Agroforestry and biodiversity conservation
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Benefits of agroforestry to biodiversity
- 5.3. Agroforestry and soil biodiversity
- 5.4. Agroforestry and faunal diversity
- 5.5. Agroforestry and plant diversity
- 5.6. Achieving global biodiversity conservation goals through agroforestry
- 5.7. Agroforestry interventions supporting biodiversity conservation
- 5.8. Agroforestry, biodiversity, and carbon management
- 5.9. Research and development for biodiversity conservation in AFS
- 5.10. Policy framework for biodiversity conservation in AFS
- 5.11. Future roadmap for biodiversity conservation in AFS
- 5.12. Conclusions
- Chapter 6. Agroforestry to mitigate the climate change
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Agroforestry systems in Asia/Europe and other countries
- 6.3. Sustainable agroforestry practices: faith and facts
- 6.4. Climate change: cause and impacts
- 6.5. Carbon sequestration in an agroforestry system for offsetting C footprints
- 6.6. Scanning agroforestry system for climate change mitigation
- 6.7. Agroforestry system for soil organic carbon sequestration
- 6.8. C sequestration in different land use conversion to agroforestry system
- 6.9. Agroforestry system for environmental sustainability
- 6.10. Farmer's perception toward agroforestry adoption
- 6.11. Constraints in agroforestry promotion among farmers
- 6.12. Agroforestry recommendation in global organizations
- 6.13. Policy and future roadmap for agroforestry research
- 6.14. Conclusions
- Chapter 7. Tree shelterbelts for sustainable agroforestry
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. How shelterbelts work
- 7.3. Microclimate modification
- 7.4. Crop response to shelter
- 7.5. Ecosystem services and environmental benefits of shelterbelts
- 7.6. Shelterbelt for carbon management and sustainability
- 7.7. Conclusion
- Section III. Agroforestry carbon management
- Chapter 8. Carbon sink, mitigation, and sequestration under climate change
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. The global carbon sinks
- 8.3. Carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems
- 8.4. The role of agroforestry in climate change mitigation and adaptation
- 8.5. Challenges in implementing agroforestry for climate change mitigation and adaptation
- 8.6. Research directions for carbon sinks, climate change mitigation and adaptation
- 8.7. Legal and policy framework for climate change mitigation and adaptation
- 8.8. Conclusion
- Chapter 9. Carbon flux and budget of agroforestry
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Services of agroforestry
- 9.3. World scenario of agroforestry
- 9.4. Carbon flux
- 9.5. Carbon flux in agroforestry
- 9.6. Agroforestry budget
- 9.7. Role of agroforestry in carbon mitigation
- 9.8. Management strategies for agroforestry
- 9.9. Conclusion
- 9.10. Future perspectives
- Chapter 10. Carbon fraction and pools in plants and soil
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Global carbon pool
- 10.3. Measurement of carbon pool changes
- 10.4. Basic assumptions to measure soil carbon
- 10.5. Soil carbon pools and fluxes in the urban ecosystem
- 10.6. Effect of global warming on SOC
- 10.7. Impact of potential climate change on SOM
- 10.8. Carbon sequestration
- 10.9. Carbon fraction
- 10.10. Characteristics of SOC pool
- 10.11. Conclusion
- 10.12. Future perspectives
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 11. Carbon credit, trading, green economy, and clean development mechanisms
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Carbon credit
- 11.3. Carbon trading
- 11.4. Today’s carbon trading market
- 11.5. Green response to economies
- 11.6. Carbon offset to protect the environment
- 11.7. Kyoto protocol
- 11.8. Sustainable development and climate mitigation
- 11.9. Conclusion
- 11.10. Recommendation
- Chapter 12. Urban emission reduction and carbon management
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. The concept of urban forestry
- 12.3. Principles of urban forestry
- 12.4. The world's urban forest resources
- 12.5. Benefits of urban forestry
- 12.6. Challenges
- 12.7. Urban forestry for multifunctional urban land use
- 12.8. Trees and forests for sustainable cities
- 12.9. New focus on the role of trees in cities
- 12.10. Environmental and ecological values of urban green space
- 12.11. Social and cultural values of urban green space
- 12.12. Resilience of urban forestry toward climate change adaptation and mitigation
- 12.13. Urban agroforestry
- 12.14. Future directives, research and development toward urban agroforestry development
- 12.15. Conclusion
- Chapter 13. Wetland-based agroforestry: Carbon management toward sustainability
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Concept of wetland-based agroforestry
- 13.3. Ecosystem services
- 13.4. Concept and need for carbon management
- 13.5. Coastal wetland-based agroforestry
- 13.6. Socioeconomic impact
- 13.7. Research and development in wetland-based AF: global and Indian perspective
- 13.8. Policy and legal framework for successful implementation of wetland-based agroforestry
- 13.9. Conclusion
- 13.10. The way forward
- Chapter 14. Role of forest's woody vegetation in the climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration in the northern Pakistan
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. Forest ecosystem
- 14.3. Forests ecosystem and its components
- 14.4. Ecosystem management in forest
- 14.5. Forest types in the Northern Pakistan
- 14.6. Climate change
- 14.7. Carbon sequestration
- 14.8. Policies relating to vegetation and soil carbon sequestration
- 14.9. Conclusion
- Section IV. Agroforestry and ecosystem management
- Chapter 15. Agroforestry and ecosystem services
- 15.1. Introduction
- 15.2. Ecosystem services: concept and research trends
- 15.3. Agroforestry systems: development and area coverage
- 15.4. Agroforestry systems: multifunctional and adoption
- 15.5. Ecosystem services through agroforestry
- 15.6. Major ecosystem services through agroforestry
- 15.7. Agroforestry system for ecological sustainability
- 15.8. Agroforestry contribution for environmental health and security
- 15.9. Reconciling value of agroforestry for sustainable landscape management
- 15.10. Agroforestry advancement for better ES: a policy reinforcement
- 15.11. Exploring future trends of research in agroforestry
- 15.12. Future roadmap and recommendation
- 15.13. Conclusion
- Chapter 16. How to reduce the supply of nutrients to the soil, increase water reserves, and mitigate climate change
- 16.1. Introduction
- 16.2. Methodology
- 16.3. Results and discussion
- 16.4. Strategy and plan for reducing nutrient management, improving water storage and climate change mitigation
- 16.5. Conclusions
- 16.6. Future outlook
- Chapter 17. Management of degraded coastal sites through agroforestry in the Niger Delta
- 17.1. Introduction
- 17.2. The scenario of degraded sites in the Niger Delta
- 17.3. The practice of agroforestry
- 17.4. Agroforestry in the management of degraded sites in the Niger Delta
- 17.5. Restoration and management strategies
- 17.6. Research and development toward agroforestry practice of the Niger Delta for managing degraded habitat
- 17.7. Policy decision and legal framework for eco-restoration for degraded sites through agroforestry in the Niger Delta
- 17.8. Future direction of agroforestry practice in the Niger Delta
- 17.9. Conclusion
- Chapter 18. Agroforestry as a tool for climate change mitigation and agriculture sustainability: Experiences from Africa
- 18.1. Introduction
- 18.2. Agroforestry: an overview
- 18.3. Climate change, agroforestry, and agriculture in Africa
- 18.4. Agroforestry practices in Africa
- 18.5. Policy and legal framework for agroforestry systems in Africa
- 18.6. Recommendations for future agroforestry in Africa
- 18.7. Conclusion
- Chapter 19. Agroforestry and arthropod diversity for ecosystem services
- 19.1. Introduction
- 19.2. Relation between an agroecosystem and arthropod diversity
- 19.3. Benefits of agroforestry
- 19.4. Significance of agroforestry in the Indian context
- 19.5. Limitations of AF
- 19.6. Agroecosystem management: developing sustainable agriculture and ecosystem fitness
- 19.7. Conclusion and prospects
- Chapter 20. Dryland agroforestry: mitigating role in reducing air pollution and climate change impacts
- 20.1. Introduction
- 20.2. Area under agroforestry
- 20.3. Major agroforestry practices
- 20.4. The ecological role of agroforestry
- 20.5. Economic importance of dryland agroforestry
- 20.6. Dryland vegetation and agroforestry toward pollution reduction via carbon sequestration
- 20.7. Climate change as a world chronic concern
- 20.8. Management strategies of dryland agroforestry to counter climate change
- 20.9. Policy making and its application
- 20.10. Research and development
- 20.11. Conclusion
- 20.12. Recommendation
- Chapter 21. Biomass-based agroforestry for sustainable land use planning and management
- 21.1. Introduction
- 21.2. Biomass-based forest and agroforestry
- 21.3. AFOLU management related to treating climate change
- 21.4. Sustainable land use planning and management
- 21.5. Conclusion
- Chapter 22. Challenges to the management of evergreen oak forest systems in the Mediterranean basin
- 22.1. Introduction
- 22.2. Distribution and traits of the evergreen oaks (Q. suber and Q. rotundifolia)
- 22.3. Agroforestry systems of evergreen oaks
- 22.4. Management of the agroforestry systems
- 22.5. Diversity
- 22.6. Biomass and carbon storage
- 22.7. Challenges for the management of evergreen oak systems
- 22.8. Conclusions
- Funding
- Chapter 23. Transformation of organic matter and impact on the ecosystem
- 23.1. Soil—the most important natural resource
- 23.2. The role of organic matter in agroecosystems
- 23.3. Organic matter quantity and quality
- 23.4. The impact of organic matter on the functional properties of the soil
- 23.5. SOM influence on physical properties of soil
- 23.6. Transformation of humus in the soil
- 23.7. Humification and mineralization processes
- 23.8. Vermicomposting of organic matter
- 23.9. Soil management and soil organic matter status
- 23.10. Conclusion
- Chapter 24. Toward planning more sustainable agroforestry systems in the face of climate change: Individual potential from croplands and woodlands
- 24.1. Climate change and potential of agricultural systems versus natural forest systems
- 24.2. Individual potential from croplands and woodlands for agroforestry: Case study in northern Argentina
- 24.3. Agricultural biomass: Carbon or energy reservoir?
- 24.4. Shrublands forestry biomass: Carbon or energy reservoir?
- 24.5. Agroforestry biomass: Carbon or energy reservoir? Analysis and discussion
- 24.6. Overview of policies and regulatory frameworks necessary for a positive socioenvironmental balance
- 24.7. Conclusions and future prospects
- Section V. Agroforestry modeling and remote sensing
- Chapter 25. Agroforestry modeling for natural resource management
- 25.1. Introduction
- 25.2. Agroforestry and natural resource management
- 25.3. Agroforestry toward integrated NRM system
- 25.4. Modeling in agroforestry for NRM
- 25.5. Issues, challenges, and prospects of agroforestry modeling
- 25.6. Policy and legal framework for agroforestry modeling
- 25.7. Future perspective of agroforestry modeling for NRM
- 25.8. Conclusions
- Chapter 26. Process-based models for tree–crop interaction
- 26.1. Introduction
- 26.2. Tree–crop interactions: Science and mechanisms
- 26.3. Generic models for interactions
- 26.4. Modeling of belowground interactions
- 26.5. Predicting the long-term productivity and economic feasibility
- 26.6. The ambiguity of choice of models
- 26.7. Limitations and challenges
- 26.8. Future outlook
- 26.9. Conclusions
- Chapter 27. Application of geospatial technology for agroforestry management
- 27.1. Introduction
- 27.2. Agroforestry practices and its importance
- 27.3. Geospatial technology and its application in agroforestry practices
- 27.4. Research and development toward agroforestry management through geospatial technology
- 27.5. Carbon sequestration assessment in agroforestry sectors
- 27.6. Conclusion
- Section VI. Policies issues
- Chapter 28. Evolution and modernity of policy issues in carbon management
- 28.1. Introduction
- 28.2. Greenhouse gas emissions: dynamics and geographical patterns
- 28.3. Greenhouse gas emissions: sectoral impact overview
- 28.4. Carbon global challenge
- 28.5. History and evolution of carbon-targeted policy development
- 28.6. Economy of carbon management
- 28.7. Modern global actions toward decarbonization
- 28.8. Agroforestry-given carbon management
- 28.9. Conclusions
- 28.10. Future roadmap for carbon management research
- Chapter 29. Policy regarding sustainable forest management and resources
- 29.1. Introduction
- 29.2. Global forest resources and progress toward SFM
- 29.3. Trends in global forest governance and SFM practices
- 29.4. Global forest policy instruments promoting SFM practices
- 29.5. National and local forest management regimes and their roles in promoting SFM practices
- 29.6. Agroforestry and SFM
- 29.7. Managing carbon in AFS for SFM
- 29.8. Barriers to forest conservation initiatives and SFM
- 29.9. Research and global forest policy development
- 29.10. Future pathways for forest conservation and SFM practices
- 29.11. Conclusions
- Chapter 30. Legal and policy framework for agroforestry ecosystem management
- 30.1. Introduction
- 30.2. Agroforestry development: barriers and policy gaps
- 30.3. Governing agroforestry: balancing between productivity and sustainability
- 30.4. Agroforestry ecosystem policy and legal framework
- 30.5. Conclusion
- Index
- No. of pages: 520
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 27, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323953931
- eBook ISBN: 9780323958752
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