Global Assessment of Soil Carbon in Grasslands
- Recently, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published its first Global Assessment of Soil Carbon in Grasslands.
- It measured the baseline of stocks of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) - the carbon held within the soil that is measurable, expressed as a percentage by weight (gC/Kg soil) - in both semi-natural and managed grasslands and estimated their potential of SOC sequestration.
- According to the report, most of the world’s grasslands have a positive carbon balance, meaning the land is stable or well-maintained.
- Negative carbon balance was found in East Asia, Central and South America, and Africa south ....
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