Land Use Effects on Carbon Storage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Dear Colleagues,

Agricultural soils can contribute to global climate change by acting as an important source of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. According to the IPCC (2019) report, agriculture contributed 12% of the total global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions between 2007 and 2016. An effective means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration in agroecosystems is through land-use management. This includes incorporation of perennial crops, the adoption of agroforestry systems, or conversion of annually cropped land to perennial ecosystems, such as grassland or secondary forest. Gaining a better understanding of the interdependence of land use, carbon cycling, and greenhouse gas emissions is critical to the development of climate mitigation policies that can increase carbon sequestration, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agroecosystems.

The aim of this Special Issue is to encourage scientists to publish their research at the intersection of land use change/management and climate change.

We are interested in contributions that focus on land use effects on carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions from soils. This includes empirical research, conceptual/theoretical work, meta-analyses, or reviews that examine key processes affected by land use change/management, including (but not limited to) carbon cycling, greenhouse gas emissions, and/or their interactions.

Dr. Cole D. Gross
Dr. Zhengfeng An
Prof. Dr. Scott X. Chang
Guest Editors

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