The '4 per mille Soils for Food Security and Climate'was launched at the COP21 with an
aspiration to increase global soil organic matter stocks by 4 per 1000 (or 0.4%) per year as a …

Northern Europe supports large soil organic carbon (SOC) pools and has been subjected to
high frequency of land‐use changes during the past decades. However, this region has not …

Soil is the largest terrestrial reservoir of organic carbon and is central for climate change
mitigation and carbon-climate feedbacks. Chemical and physical associations of soil carbon …

Climate change policy for the land sector is challenged by complex biophysical and
socioeconomic contexts. A target approach utilising land-use change indicators is often …

Woodland expansion is internationally accepted as a strategy to reduce biodiversity loss,
climate change and flood risk, but there has been limited assessment of the evidence for …

Afforestation is believed to be an effective practice to reduce global warming by
sequestering large amounts of carbon in plant biomass and soil. However, the factors that …

The energy sector is the major contributor to GHG (greenhouse gas emissions) in Ireland.
Under EU Renewable energy targets, Ireland must achieve contributions of 40%, 12% and …

Coarse woody debris (CWD) has become recognised as an important component of the
carbon (C) pool in forest ecosystems. In Ireland, managed Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis …

Deadwood in forests is becoming an important topic globally for forest management and
carbon markets. While deadwood volume is now routinely assessed by forest inventories …

Forest carbon sink strengths are governed by plant growth, mineralization of dead organic
matter, and disturbance. Across landscapes, remote sensing can provide information about …