Soils: key to unlocking the potential of mitigating and adapting to climate change
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Soils constitute the largest store of terrestrial carbon. When managed using Sustainable Soil Management (SSM) techniques, soils can play an important role in climate change adaptation and mitigation and could enhance the provision of ecosystem services by storing carbon (carbon sequestration) and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere. The poster contributes to the efforts of ending hunger, malnutrition, climate change adaptation, land degradation and overall sustainable developm ent while establishing a connection between Sustainable soil management and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
When we restore degraded land, we reclaim its capacity to act as a powerful carbon sink
There's more organic carbon in the soil than in vegeration & atmosphere combined
Soil can be our mighty ally in mitigating&adapting to ClimateChange
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When we restore degraded land, we reclaim its capacity to act as a powerful carbon sink
There's more organic carbon in the soil than in vegeration & atmosphere combined
Soil can be our mighty ally in mitigating&adapting to ClimateChange
Also Available in: Arabic German Russian French Spanish Chinese follow the link tothe source above
Keywords
land degradation
soil carbon
carbon sequestration
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