Climate Change and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Central Asia

<p>This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia. The themes treated include: biophysical environments water resources sustainable agriculture soil degradation the effects of irrigation schemes on secondary salinization soil management and its relationship to carbon dynamics; the relationship between forest management and carbon dynamics economic analyses of land use practices important methodological issues arising from the use of GIS remote sensing carbon budgeting and scaling and a review of the knowledge gaps in carbon and climate change. The book is a reference source for soil water vegetation climate land use and management in the region. The book will be of interest to a wide variety of environmental scientists economists and those interested in policy issues for the sustainable management of natural resources. </p>