Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change - Science, Policy, and Ethics

Informationen zum Autor Thomas J. Sauer is a Research Soil Scientist for the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Ames, Iowa. John M. Norman is Emeritus Professor of Soil Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mannava V. K. Sivakumar is Director of the Climate Prediction and Adaptation Branch of the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Klappentext The critical role of the soil system in influencing ecosystem processes at the local, national and global scale is increasingly appreciated by policy makers and earth scientists, as growing demands for food and biofuel production put intense pressure on soil resources. Global climate change has the potential to sharply accelerate soil degradation, making maintaining and enhancing   soil productivity a high priority for developing food security policies. These strategies must be crafted holistically to ensure that short-term supplies can be met without sacrificing long-term degradation of  soil resources due to erosion, pollution, and physical and chemical deterioration. Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Chan ge: Science, Policy, and Ethics is a multi-disciplinary volume exploring the ethical, political and social issues surrounding the stewardship of our vital soil resources. Based on topics presented by an international group of experts at a conference convened through support of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, chapters include scientific studies on carbon sequestration, ecosystem services, maintaining soil fertility, and the effects of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as ethical issues ranging from allocation of land use to policies needed for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Bringing together the latest research in soil science and climatology, Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change is a valuable resource for soil and plant scientists, agronomists and environmental scientists, as well as agricultural and natural resources engineers and economists, environmental policy makers and conservationists. Key Features: Written by an international group of authors representing a cross-section of scientists, thought leaders, and policy-makers Includes chapters on the potential effects of climate change on forest soil carbon, microbial function, and the role of soils and biogeochemistry in the climate and earth system Explores historical development of land use ethics and stewardship Zusammenfassung Sustaining Soil Productivity in Response to Global Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Ethics is a multi-disciplinary volume exploring the ethical, political and social issues surrounding the stewardship of our vital soil resources. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors xi Foreword by Sally Collins xv Introduction xvii Chapter 1 Science, Ethics, and the Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis: Was White Right? 3 Thomas J. Sauer and Michael P. Nelson 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Historical Perspective on Soil Degradation 4 1.3 The New Challenge of Global Climate Change 5 1.4 White 8 1.5 Other Views on the Ethics of Land Use: Leopold et al. 9 1.6 Ethical Considerations of Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation: An Example 11 1.7 Conclusions 13 Acknowledgements 14 Chapter 2 Intellectual Inertia: An Uneasy Tension between Collective Validation of the Known and Encouraging Exploration of the Unknown 17 John M. Norman 2.1 Introduction 17 2.2 Defining Intellectual Inertia 17 2.3 Examples of Intellectual Inertia 18 2.4 Intellectual Inertia is Unavoidable But Requires Vigilance 21 2.5 Intellectual Inertia and Climate Change Science 23 2.6 Optimizing Intellectual Inertia 26 Chapter 3 T...

List of contents

Contributors.
 
Foreword (Sally Collins).
 
Introduction.
 
Chapter 1 Science, Ethics, and the Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis: Was White Right? (Thomas J. Sauer and Michael P. Nelson).
 
1.1 Introduction.
 
1.2 Historical Perspective on Soil Degradation.
 
1.3 The New Challenge of Global Climate Change.
 
1.4 White.
 
1.5 Other Views on the Ethics of Land Use: Leopold et al.
 
1.6 Ethical Considerations of Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation: An Example.
 
1.7 Conclusions.
 
Chapter 2 Intellectual Inertia: An Uneasy Tension between Collective Validation of the Known and Encouraging Exploration of the Unknown (John M. Norman).
 
2.1 Introduction.
 
2.2 Defining Intellectual Inertia.
 
2.3 Examples of Intellectual Inertia.
 
2.4 Intellectual Inertia is Unavoidable But Requires Vigilance.
 
2.5 Intellectual Inertia and Climate Change Science.
 
2.6 Optimizing Intellectual Inertia.
 
Chapter 3 The Ethics of Soil: Stewardship, Motivation, and Moral Framing (Paul B. Thompson).
 
3.1 Introduction.
 
3.2 Private Property and Personal Ethics.
 
3.3 Common Pool Resources.
 
3.4 Public Policy.
 
3.5 Instrumental Values of Soil.
 
3.6 Beyond Instrumental Value.
 
3.7 Conclusion and Next Steps.
 
Chapter 4 Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic: An Argument for Sustaining Soils (Susan L. Flader).
 
4.1 Introduction.
 
4.2 The Shaping of a Progressive.
 
4.3 Erosion as a Menace.
 
4.4 Standards of Conservation.
 
4.5 Conservation as a Moral Issue.
 
4.6 Wildlife and Soils.
 
4.7 The Conservation Ethic.
 
4.8 An Adventure in Cooperative Conservation.
 
4.9 Land Pathology.
 
4.10 Land Health.
 
4.11 The Land Ethic.
 
4.12 Epilogue.
 
Chapter 5 Rural Response to Climate Change in Poor Countries: Ethics, Policies, and Scientific Support Systems in Their Agricultural Environment (C. J. (Kees) Stigter).
 
5.1 Introduction.
 
5.2 Ethics.
 
5.3 Policies.
 
5.4 Scientific Support Systems.
 
5.5 Conclusions.
 
Chapter 6 Soil and Human Health (Eiliv Steinnes).
 
6.1 Introduction.
 
6.2 Essential Trace Elements.
 
6.3 Concerns for the Future.
 
Chapter 7 Agroecological Approaches to Help "Climate Proof " Agriculture While Raising Productivity in the Twenty-First Century (Norman Uphoff).
 
7.1 Introduction.
 
7.2 Agroecological Approaches.
 
7.3 The System of Rice Intensification.
 
7.4 Effects of SRI Practices on Agriculture Affected by Climate Change.
 
7.5 Applications to Crops Other than Rice.
 
7.6 Climate-Proofing Agriculture.
 
Chapter 8 Ecological Integrity and Biological Integrity: The Right to Food (Laura Westra).
 
8.1 Introduction.
 
8.2 Ecological Integrity and Food Production Today.
 
8.3 The Legal Status of Genetically Modified Organisms.
 
8.4 Western Diets and Lifestyle Preferences: Vegan versus Carnivore.
 
8.5 Conclusion.
 
Chapter 9 Soil Ecosystem Services: Sustaining Returns on Investment into Natural Capital (Brent E. Clothier, Alistair J. Hall, Markus Deurer, Steven R. Green, and Alec D. Mackay).
 
9.1 Introduction.
 
9.2 F. H. King--"Farmers of Forty Centuries".
 
9.3 Soil: Valuable Natural Capital.
 
9.4 Valuing Ecosystem Services.
 
9.5 Valuing Carbon and Soil Ecosystem Services.
 
9.6 Valuing Terroir.
 
9.7 Land-Use Policy, Nutrient Management, and Natural Capital.
 

Report

"This book provides a useful primer in ethics and the philosophy of science in the context of soils. I enjoyed reading it and it is refreshing to see the attention given to the interaction between science and policy." ( European Journal of Soil Science , 1 August 2012

"There is also a useful body of information that provides a basic summary of the state of knowledge and thought about climate change in 2009. For both aspects, it is worth adding to one's library." ( Canadian Journal of Soil Science , 11 July 2013)

"This is one of those rare books - a conference publication that is full of pleasant surprises ... In summary, this is a thought-provoking publication, which reinforces the notion that soils confer real biophysical limits to the expansion of the market economy." (Expl Agric, 2012)

Product details

• Authors: John Norman, John Sauer Norman, NORMAN JOHN SAUER THOMAS J SIVA, Sauer, T Sauer, Thomas J. Sauer, Thomas J. (EDT)/ Norman Sauer, Thomas J. (Soil Physicist Sauer, Thomas J. Norman Sauer, Mannava V. K. Sivakumar
• Assisted by: Joh Norman (Editor), John Norman (Editor), John M. Norman (Editor), Thomas J Sauer (Editor), Thomas J. Sauer (Editor), Thomas J. (Soil Physicist Sauer (Editor), Sauer Thomas J. (Editor), Mannava V K Sivakumar (Editor), Mannava V. K. Sivakumar (Editor), Sivakumar Mannava V. K. (Editor), Mannava V K Sivakumar (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2011
• EAN: 9780470958575
• ISBN: 978-0-470-95857-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Landwirtschaft, Bodenkunde, Agriculture, Soil