The capacity of soils to store organic carbon represents a key function of soils that is not only
decisive for climate regulation but also affects other soil functions. Recent efforts to assess …

The global magnitude (Pg) of soil organic carbon (SOC) is 677 to 0.3‐m, 993 to 0.5‐m, and
1,505 to 1‐m depth. Thus,~ 55% of SOC to 1‐m lies below 0.3‐m depth. Soils of …

Recent initiatives, such as the United Nations declaring 2015 as the International Year of
Soils and the French «4 per 1000» initiative call attention on soils and on the importance of …

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 …

Food security, lowering the risk of climate change and meeting the increasing demand for
energy will increasingly be critical challenges in the years to come. Producing sustainably is …

During the past century, semi‐natural grasslands, once widespread throughout Europe,
have largely been converted into intensively managed agricultural areas, abandoned or …

European grassland‐based livestock production systems face the challenge of producing
more meat and milk to meet increasing world demands and to achieve this using fewer …

Land-use changes (LUC) influence the balance of soil organic carbon (SOC) and hence
may cause CO2 emissions or sequestration. In Europe there is a side by side of LUC types …

Agroforestry systems are land use management systems in which trees are grown in
combination with crops or pasture in the same field. In silvoarable systems, trees are …

Humans are currently confronted by many global challenges. These include achieving food
security for a rapidly expanding population, lowering the risk of climate change by reducing …