This book brings together the essential evidence and policy opportunities regarding the global importance of soil carbon for sustaining Earth’s life support system for humanity. Covering the science and policy background for this important natural resource, it describes land management options that improve soil carbon status and therefore increase the benefits that humans derive from the environment. Written by renowned global experts, it is the principal output from a SCOPE rapid assessment process project.
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Dr. Tapas Bhattacharyya was born in November, 1956. He is an agricultural graduate and a Ph.D. from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. As Principal Scientist and Head of Soil Resource Studies Division he worked in the National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP, Nagpur) under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi for more than 30 years. He worked as a Visiting Scientist, IDC in the ICRISAT, India for a brief period. He worked as a Vice-Chancellor of Dr Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Maharashtra, India. He has been carrying out basic and fundamental research in terms of soil genesis, classification, survey and mapping. He has also been working for various national and international projects with special reference to soil carbon sequestration and soil carbon modelling to address the issues of global warming and climate change. He has more than 200 referred journal papers, review articles and book chapters.
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