Sustaning Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change is a two-part text bringing together the latest research in soil science and climatology and the ethical, political and social issues surrounding the stewardship of this vital resource. Chapters include scientific studies on microbial function, maintaining fertility, and the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as ethical issues ranging from allocation of land use to policies needed for conservation. Based on topics presented by speakers at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's conference, this text is internationally contributed to by experts in the field.

InhaltsangabeContributors. Foreword (Sally Collins). Introduction. Chapter 1 Science, Ethics, and the Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis: Was White Right? (Thomas J. Sauer and Michael P. Nelson). 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Historical Perspective on Soil Degradation. 1.3 The New Challenge of Global Climate Change. 1.4 White. 1.5 Other Views on the Ethics of Land Use: Leopold et al. 1.6 Ethical Considerations of Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation: An Example. 1.7 Conclusions. Chapter 2 Intellectual Inertia: An Uneasy Tension between Collective Validation of the Known and Encouraging Exploration of the Unknown (John M. Norman). 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Defining Intellectual Inertia. 2.3 Examples of Intellectual Inertia. 2.4 Intellectual Inertia is Unavoidable But Requires Vigilance. 2.5 Intellectual Inertia and Climate Change Science. 2.6 Optimizing Intellectual Inertia. Chapter 3 The Ethics of Soil: Stewardship, Motivation, and Moral Framing (Paul B. Thompson). 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Private Property and Personal Ethics. 3.3 Common Pool Resources. 3.4 Public Policy. 3.5 Instrumental Values of Soil. 3.6 Beyond Instrumental Value. 3.7 Conclusion and Next Steps. Chapter 4 Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic: An Argument for Sustaining Soils (Susan L. Flader). 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 The Shaping of a Progressive. 4.3 Erosion as a Menace. 4.4 Standards of Conservation. 4.5 Conservation as a Moral Issue. 4.6 Wildlife and Soils. 4.7 The Conservation Ethic. 4.8 An Adventure in Cooperative Conservation. 4.9 Land Pathology. 4.10 Land Health. 4.11 The Land Ethic. 4.12 Epilogue. Chapter 5 Rural Response to Climate Change in Poor Countries: Ethics, Policies, and Scientific Support Systems in Their Agricultural Environment (C. J. (Kees) Stigter). 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Ethics. 5.3 Policies. 5.4 Scientific Support Systems. 5.5 Conclusions. Chapter 6 Soil and Human Health (Eiliv Steinnes). 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Essential Trace Elements. 6.3 Concerns for the Future. Chapter 7 Agroecological Approaches to Help "Climate Proof " Agriculture While Raising Productivity in the Twenty-First Century (Norman Uphoff). 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Agroecological Approaches. 7.3 The System of Rice Intensification. 7.4 Effects of SRI Practices on Agriculture Affected by Climate Change. 7.5 Applications to Crops Other than Rice. 7.6 ClimateProofing Agriculture. Chapter 8 Ecological Integrity and Biological Integrity: The Right to Food (Laura Westra). 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Ecological Integrity and Food Production Today. 8.3 The Legal Status of Genetically Modified Organisms. 8.4 Western Diets and Lifestyle Preferences: Vegan versus Carnivore. 8.5 Conclusion. Chapter 9 Soil Ecosystem Services: Sustaining Returns on Investment into Natural Capital (Brent E. Clothier, Alistair J. Hall, Markus Deurer, Steven R. Green, and Alec D. Mackay). 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 F. H. King--"Farmers of Forty Centuries". 9.3 Soil: Valuable Natural Capital. 9.4 Valuing Ecosystem Services. 9.5 Valuing Carbon and Soil Ecosystem Services. 9.6 Valuing Terroir. 9.7 LandUse Policy, Nutrient Management, and Natural Capital. 9.8 Conclusion. Chapter 10 Climate and Land Degradation (Mannava V. K. Sivakumar). 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Influence of Land Surface Changes on Climate. 10.3 Climate Change and Land Degradation. 10.4 Climate Variability and Impacts on Land Degradation. 10.5 Technologies, Policies, and Measures to Address the Linkages between Climate and Land Degradation. 10.6 Future Perspectives. Chapter 11 The Role of Soils and Biogeochemistry in the Climate and Earth System (Elisabeth A. Holland). 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Lessons Learned from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 11.3 The Carbon Cycle. 11.4 The Nitrogen Cycle. 11.5 Future of Earth System

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