Bamboo: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

ISBN-13: 9781774635186 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 158 str.

Arun Jyoti Nath; Gudeta W. Sileshi; Ashesh Kumar Das

Opis

This new book, Bamboo: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, presents an abundance of important information and case studies that deal with bamboo farming and its effects from and on climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Spis treści

1. General Introduction 2. Ecosystem Services and Human Uses of Bamboos 3. Soil Quality Assessment of Bamboo-Based Systems 4. Role of Bamboo in Ecosystem-Based Adaptation 5. Traditional Bamboo Products: Are They Green? 6. Biomass Models 7. Bamboo-Based Home Gardens: Opportunities for Biomass Production and Carbon Sequestration 8. Soil Properties and Carbon Sequestration in Bamboo-Based Systems 9. Carbon Farming and Carbon Trading 10. Challenges, Conclusions, and Recommendations

O autorze

Arun Jyoti Nath, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Ecology and Environmental Science at Assam University, Silchar, India, and a PLOS ONE Academic Editor since 2017. He is an ecologist with diverse experience in research and teaching. He holds a BSc degree in Botany, an MSc degree in Ecology, and a PhD degree in plant ecology and management. He has over 15 years of experience in bamboo research. His research focuses on ecosystem carbon dynamics at regional and landscape scale.

Gudeta W. Sileshi, PhD, is a senior scientist in agro-ecology and was formerly the regional representative of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in southern Africa and a lecturer at the Alemaya University of Agriculture in Ethiopia. He is currently a freelance consultant in agriculture and the environment and a Senior Fellow in the School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has over 25 years of experience in agricultural research and development. His major research interest is in production ecology linking plot level patterns to landscape level processes and ecosystem services. With over 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and three co-edited books, he has widely published on forest ecology, sustainable agriculture and food security across sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian sub-continent. He holds a BSc degree in biology, an MSc degree in agriculture, and a PhD degree in insect ecology.

Ashesh Kumar Das, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science at Assam University in Silchar, Assam, India. His research interests include tree diversity and ecology, carbon management in forest and agricultural ecosystem, and soil ecology. Professor Das has published over 120 peer-reviewed research papers in leading journals.