Abstract Purpose of Review Carbon sequestration and storage in forest ecosystems is often
promoted as a solution for reducing CO 2 concentrations in the atmosphere. Yet, our …

Tropical forests make an approximately neutral contribution to the global carbon cycle, with
intact and recovering forests taking in as much carbon as is released through deforestation …

Deforestation, the second largest source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, is
largely driven by expanding forestry and agriculture. However, despite agricultural …

The carbon balance of tropical ecosystems remains uncertain, with top-down atmospheric
studies suggesting an overall sink and bottom-up ecological approaches indicating a …

Tropical carbon emissions are largely derived from direct forest clearing processes. Yet,
emissions from drought-induced forest fires are, usually, not included in national-level …

Agricultural lands, because of their large area and exhaustive management practices, have
a substantial impact on the earth's carbon and nitrogen cycles, and agricultural activities …

Mangrove soils represent a large sink for otherwise rapidly recycled carbon (C). However,
widespread deforestation threatens the preservation of this important C stock. It is therefore …

The net flux of carbon from land use and land cover change (LULCC) is an important term in
the global carbon balance. Here we report a new estimate of annual fluxes from 1850 to …

While deforestation rates decline globally they are rising in the Western Amazon. Artisanal-
scale gold mining (ASGM) is a large cause of this deforestation and brings with it extensive …

This chapter addresses the biogeochemical cycles of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4),
and nitrous oxide (N2O). The three greenhouse gases have increased in the atmosphere …