Managing soils for negative feedback to climate change and positive impact on food and nutritional security

Full paper: https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2020.1718548

Summary: This paper by Dr. Rattan Lal detailing the scope of nature-based climate solutions, including but not limited to grasslands and soils. Findings show that “the soil C sink capacity, between 2020 and 2100, with the global adoption of best management practice which creates a positive soil/ecosystem C budget, is estimated at 178 Pg C for soil, 155 Pg C for biomass, and 333 Pg C for the terrestrial biosphere with a total CO₂ drawdown potential of 157 ppm.”

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Savory Institute

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Soil Carbon Sequestration with Holistic Planned Grazing: A Map of Published Rates

Carbon drawdown is a hot topic for many in the regenerative movement. While the Savory Institute is adamant that a holistic perspective assessing all ecosystem processes is far superior