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June2021

Carbon sequestration

AGROVOC URI
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_331583

FAO/Giulio Napolitano

Motivation: Soils are important carbon stores. The release of greenhouse gases in the soil, particularly through agricultural activities, has consequences for the global atmospheric CO2 budget. Measures that lead to long-term storage of carbon in the soil (carbon sequestration) are a key to mitigate climate change.

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