Global Environmental Benefits of Land Degradation Control on Agricultural Land Tapa dura - 1999

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: World Bank, The, Office of the Publisher, 1999, 1999-01. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Very good+ ex-library softcover in plastic cover. spine label and barcode only o/w clean and tight. ISBN: 0821344218

Paperback / softback. New. This book focuses on the global effects of land degradation, but emphasises other important levels of land degradation: at the field level, it may result in reduced productivity; at the national level, it may cause flooding, and sedimentation; and, at the global level, it can contribute to climate changes, damaging bio-diversity, and international waters. The effects on climate changes are explored, and the report questions the extent to which land degradation on agricultural land, affects climate change. Does it increase emissions of greenhouse gases? Does it affect land's capacity to serve as a carbon sink? Can appropriate management enhance both land's productivity, and its capacity to store carbon? The carbon cycle in soils is analysed, indicating land degradation is likely to reduce the ability of soils to serve as carbon sink, and release stored carbon into the atmosphere, and, bio-diversity effects are likely to be adverse. Global benefits of land degradation… Leer más

World Bank, 1999. Paperback. New. 46 pages. 10.75x9.75x0.25 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.