Biosequestration and Ecological Diversity: Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Environmental Degradation

ISBN-13: 9780367866044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 250 str.

Wayne A. White

Opis

Written for land owners and managers as well as students and researchers, this book discusses ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and build soil by changing the way people use and manage land. The author examines the scientific evidence for biosequestration, land practices that sequester carbon, and policies that encourage such p

Spis treści

Introduction. Global Warming and Ecological Degradation. The Global Carbon Cycle and Terrestrial Biosequestration. Terrestrial Carbon, Food Security, and Biosequestration Enhancement. Land Management Examples, Practices, and Principles. Conservation Policy and the Politics of Growth. Appendix A: Measures and Conversion Units. Appendix B: Surface Albedo. Index.

O autorze

Wayne A. White lives with his wife on an 80-acre farm in Jefferson County, Kansas, where they raise grass-fed beef, apples, pears, berries, biomass energy, and a variety of vegetables and herbs. He has a Ph.D. in sociology from Kansas State University, has taught sociology and political science, and has worked as a legislative lobbyist, grant writer, and program administrator for a statewide nonprofit legal services organization. White owns and cares for forest and grassland in Kansas, Michigan, and Ontario, Canada. His interests include forestland health, high-diversity native grassland mixtures, and land management practices that protect and enhance ecological diversity.