1. A strategy for taking soil carbon into the policy arena
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Wesemael, B., Stocking, M., Bampa, F., Martial Bernoux, Feller, C., Gicheru, P. T., Lemanceau, P., Milne, E., Montanarella, L., Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), School of International Development, University of East Anglia [Norwich] (UEA), European Commission's Joint Research Centre, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation, Partenaires INRAE, Agroécologie [Dijon], Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Colorado State University [Fort Collins] (CSU), Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, and ProdInra, Migration
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[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,[SDE] Environmental Sciences ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,[SDV.BV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology ,[SDV.BV] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology ,soil carbon ,strategy ,policy arena ,carbone organique du sol (COS) - Abstract
Chapitre 5 Section 1 SPE EcolDur; International audience; Soil organic carbon (SOC) has a relatively low profile in the policy arena. Here, we discuss the different steps of the policy-making process as well as the actors involved at the local, national and international scale. The first part analyses the policy-making process. The policy imperative consists of building up and maintaining SOC. The policy profile and discourse focuses on raising awareness. The policy rationale includes the economic and social benefits as well as the soil as capital. The policy support concerns the tools and programmes available. The second part of the chapter deals with the actors, from the advocates and institutions to the governance. For more detailed information, the reader is guided in each of these sections towards the chapters of the background document. Finally, recommendations are given at each of these levels for increasing the profile of SOC in the policy arena.
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- 2015