Carbon Sequestration, Soil Conservation, and the Kyoto Protocol: Summary of Implications

摘要: This paper discusses relationships between soil conservation, carbon sequestration, and the Kyoto Protocol. The Protocol is first attempt to use flexibility of global market place stabilize reduce GHG emissions, mitigate climate change, promote sustainable development. protocol emerged as a framework agreement, but through international negotiations it progressing into sets legal articles. These impose obligations on all signatories, they also identify opportunities for improved environmental land management at local, national levels. particularly true where sequestration above below ground increases organic matter, enhances fertility, improves production, while concomitantly reducing atmospheric CO2. It classic `win-win' situation. Both evolving under are discussed in paper.