05531nam 2200709Ia 450 991013322090332120200520144314.09780470960233047096023X9780470960257047096025697804709602260470960221(CKB)3400000000015966(EBL)818640(SSID)ssj0000506239(PQKBManifestationID)11353115(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000506239(PQKBWorkID)10514000(PQKB)10166192(MiAaPQ)EBC818640(OCoLC)739118469(Perlego)1006802(EXLCZ)99340000000001596620110322d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSustaining soil productivity in response to global climate change science, policy, and ethics /editors, Thomas J. Sauer, John M. Norman, Mannava V.K. SivakumarChichester, West Sussex, UK ;Ames, Iowa Wiley-Blackwell/OECD20111 online resource (606 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780470958575 047095857X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Science, Ethics, and the Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis; 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; Acknowledgements; 2 Intellectual Inertia; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Defining Intellectual Inertia; 2.3 Examples of Intellectual Inertia2.4 Intellectual Inertia is Unavoidable But Requires Vigilance2.5 Intellectual Inertia and Climate Change Science; 2.6 Optimizing Intellectual Inertia; 3 The Ethics of Soil; 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; 4 Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic; 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 Soils4.7 The Conservation Ethic4.8 An Adventure in Cooperative Conservation; 4.9 Land Pathology; 4.10 Land Health; 4.11 The Land Ethic; 4.12 Epilogue; 5 Rural Response to Climate Change in Poor Countries; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Ethics; 5.3 Policies; 5.4 Scientific Support Systems; 5.5 Conclusions; 6 Soil and Human Health; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Essential Trace Elements; 6.3 Concerns for the Future; 7 Agroecological Approaches to Help "Climate Proof" Agriculture While Raising Productivity in the Twenty-First Century; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Agroecological Approaches7.3 The System of Rice Intensification7.4 Effects of SRI Practices on Agriculture Affected by Climate Change; 7.5 Applications to Crops Other than Rice; 7.6 Climate-Proofing Agriculture; 8 Ecological Integrity and Biological Integrity; 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; 9 Soil Ecosystem Services; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 F. H. King-"Farmers of Forty Centuries"; 9.3 Soil: Valuable Natural Capital9.4 Valuing Ecosystem Services9.5 Valuing Carbon and Soil Ecosystem Services; 9.6 Valuing Terroir; 9.7 Land-Use Policy, Nutrient Management, and Natural Capital; 9.8 Conclusion; 10 Climate and Land Degradation; 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; 11 The Role of Soils and Biogeochemistry in the Climate and Earth System11.1 Introduction Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Ethics is a multi-disciplinary volume exploring the ethical, political and social issues surrounding the stewardship of our vital soil resources. Based on topics presented by an international group of experts at a conference convened through support of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, chapters include scientific studies on carbon sequestration, ecosystem services, maintaining soil fertility, and the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as ethSoil managementSustainable agricultureGreenhouse gas mitigationSoil management.Sustainable agriculture.Greenhouse gas mitigation.333.76/16TEC003060bisacshSauer Thomas J300371Norman John M875549Siva Kumar M. V. K875550MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910133220903321Sustaining soil productivity in response to global climate change1954874UNINA