Chapter 1 - Introduction: soil carbon sequestration - a process linking soils to humanity: C. Rumpel, CNRS, Sorbonne University, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Paris, France; 1 Introduction 2 Key issues in understanding soil carbon sequestration 3 This book 4 References Chapter taken from: Rumpel, C. (ed.), Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 80146 969 5) Chapter 2 - Promoting carbon sequestration in soils: the importance of soil, region and context-specific interventions: Rattan Lal, CFAES Rattan Lal Center for Carbon Management and Sequestration, The Ohio State University, USA; 1 Introduction 2 Global distribution of the soil carbon pool among soil types and ecoregions 3 Soil carbon persistence 4 Temperature sensitivity 5 Soil inorganic carbon 6 Blue carbon in coastal ecosystems 7 Black or pyrogenic carbon 8 Frozen carbon and permafrost soils 9 Land use and management 10 Landscape management 11 Salinity management for enhancing soil organic carbon stocks 12 Conservation agriculture, cover cropping and agroforestry 13 Grazing management 14 Nutrient management for sequestration of soil organic carbon 15 Carbon sequestration under urban ecosystems 16 Conclusion 17 Future trends in research 18 References Chapter taken from: Rumpel, C. (ed.), Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 80146 969 5) Chapter 3 - Measuring and monitoring soil carbon sequestration: Matthias Kuhnert, Sylvia H. Vetter and Pete Smith, Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK; 1 Introduction 2 Measurement/monitoring, reporting and verification 3 Existing monitoring, reporting and verification protocols 4 Outlook of the use of monitoring, reporting and verification applications 5 Conclusion 6 Where to look for further information 7 References Chapter taken from: Rumpel, C. (ed.

), Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 80146 969 5) Chapter 4 - Spectral mapping of soil organic carbon: Bas van Wesemael, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium; 1 Introduction 2 Pilot studies of SOC mapping 3 Challenges for SOC mapping over large extents 4 Synthetic bare soil images 5 Case study 6 Summary and future trends 7 Where to look for further information 8 References Chapter taken from: Otten, W. (ed.), Advances in measuring soil health, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2021, (978 1 78676 426 3) Chapter 5 - Assessing the benefits of temperate agroforestry in enhancing carbon sequestration: Augustine K. Osei and Maren Oelbermann, University of Waterloo, Canada; 1 Introduction: moving from conservation to carbon a historical overview 2 System-level carbon dynamics in temperate agroforestry 3 Projections of potential carbon sequestration in temperate agroforestry systems 4 Conclusion and future directions 5 Where to look for further information 6 References Chapter taken from: Mosquera-Losada, M. R., Ladislau, M., Pantera, A. and Chatrchyan, A.

(eds.), Advances in temperate agroforestry, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2025, (ISBN 978 1 80146 719 3).