Instant Insights: Carbon Monitoring and Management in Forests

Lydie-Stella Koutika is a soil scientist working at Research Centre on Productivity and Sustainability of Industrial Plantations (CRDPI) at Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. She is a member of Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) of the ‘4 per 1000’ “Soils for food security and climate Initiative” since 2016. She is a laureate of ‘African Union Kwame Nkrumah Regional Scientific Award for Women’ (2014) and The World Academy of Science (TWAS) -Al-Kharafi Prize (2018). She has published >45 peer-reviewed journal papers and some book chapters.

• Chapter 1 - Optimizing forest management for soil carbon sequestration: Andreas Schindlbacher, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Austria; Mathias Mayer, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria; Robert Jandl, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Austria; and Stephan Zimmermann and Frank Hagedorn, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland; 1 Introduction2 Forest management and soil carbon sequestration3 Case study: forest soil carbon storage in Central Europe mountain regions4 Conclusion5 Future trends in research6 Where to look for further information7 References Chapter taken from: Rumpel, C. (ed.), Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 80146 969 5)Chapter 2 - The contribution of agroforestry systems to improving soil carbon sequestration: Lydie-Stella Koutika, Research Centre on the Durability and the Productivity of Industrial Plantations (CRDPI), Republic of the Congo; Nicolas Marron, UMR 1434 Silva, INRAE Grand- Est Nancy, Université de Lorraine, AgroParisTech 54000 Nancy, France; and Rémi Cardinael, AIDA, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France, CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Harare and University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe; 1 Introduction2 Improved soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry relative to other systems3 Factors driving soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems4 Other co-benefits of sequestering soil carbon in agroforestry systems5 Barriers to improving soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems6 Recommendations7 Conclusion8 Where to look for further information9 References Chapter taken from: Rumpel, C. (ed.), Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 80146 969 5)Chapter 3 - Advances in monitoring and reporting forest emissions and removals in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): Marieke Sandker and Till Neeff, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy; 1 Introduction2 Summary of UNFCCC FREL/FRLs3 Summary of REDD+ results reported to the UNFCCC4 Outlook: whats next on MRV for forests?5 References Chapter taken from: Blaser, J. and Hardcastle, P. D. (ed.), Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2020, (ISBN 978 1 78676 248 1)Chapter 4 - Advances in understanding the role of forests in the carbon cycle: Matthew J. McGrath and Anne Sofie Lansø, Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l’environnement, France; Guillaume Marie, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Yi-Ying Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; Tuomo Kalliokoski, University of Helsinki, Finland; Sebastiaan Luyssaert and Kim Naudts, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Philippe Peylin, Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l’environnement, France; and Aude Valade, Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre, Spain; 1 Introduction2 The importance of forest carbon content3 Monitoring forest carbon4 Mechanisms driving forest carbon storage5 Are forests sources or sinks of carbon?6 Carbon management as distinct from climate management7 Future trends and conclusion8 Acknowledgements9 Where to look for further information10 References Chapter taken from: Stanturf, J. (ed.), Achieving sustainable management of boreal and temperate forests, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2019, (ISBN 978 1 78676 292 4)Chapter 5 - Climate change and tropical forests: Rodney J. Keenan, The University of Melbourne, Australia; 1 Introduction2 Tropical forests and the global carbon cycle3 Other climate effects of tropical forests4 Changing climate in the tropics5 Climate change impacts on tropical forests6 Future tropical forest management: mitigation and adaptation to climate change7 Future trends8 Conclusion9 Where to look for further information10 References Chapter taken from: Blaser, J. and Hardcastle, P. D. (ed.), Achieving sustainable management of tropical forests, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2020, (ISBN 978 1 78676 248 1)