1 Societal Dependence on Soil's Ecosystem Services ............. 1
Rattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Reinhard F. Hüttl, Bernd Uwe
Schneider, and Joachim von Braun
2 Soils and Ecosystem Services ................................ 11
Rattan Lal
3 Ecosystem Carbon Sequestration .............................. 39
Klaus Lorenz
4 Food Security Through Better Soil Carbon Management ......... 63
Keith Goulding, David Powlson, Andy Whitmore, and Andy
Macdonald
5 Soil Carbon and Water Security .............................. 79
Karl-Heinz Feger and Daniel Hawtree
6 Forests, Carbon Pool, and Timber Production ................ 101
Robert Jandl, Silvio Schüler, Andreas Schindlbacher, and
Christian Tomiczek
7 Ecosystem Carbon and Soil Biodiversity ..................... 131
Gerlinde B. De Deyn
8 Ecosystem Services and the Global Carbon Cycle ............. 155
M.R. Raupach
9 Loss of Soil Carbon to the Atmosphere via Inland Surface
Waters ..................................................... 183
Julian J.C. Dawson
10 Why Pests and Disease Regulation Should Concern Mankind .... 209
Willis A. Oluoch-Kosura, Anne W. Muriuki, Florence
M. Olubayo, and Dora Kilalo
11 Natural Hazards Mitigation Services of Carbon-Rich
Ecosystems ................................................. 221
Roland Cochard
12 Preserving Regulating and Cultural Ecosystem Services:
Transformation, Degradation and Conservation Status ........ 295
Benis Nchine Egoh and Joachim Maes
13 Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production, Stocks
and Flows of Carbon, and Biodiversity ...................... 313
Helmut Haberl, Karl-Heinz Erb, Simone Gingrich, Thomas
Kastner, and Fridolin Krausmann
14 Soil Carbon and Biofuels: Multifunctionality of Ecosystem
Services ................................................... 333
Iris Lewandowski
15 Land Degradation and Ecosystem Services .................... 357
Zhanguo Bai, David Dent, Yunjin Wu, and Rogier de Jong
16 The Human Dimensions of Environmental Degradation and
Ecosystem Services: Understanding and Solving the Commons
Dilemma .................................................... 383
Ajay Singh, Robyn Wilson, Jeremy Bruskotter, Jeremy
Brooks, Adam Zwickle, and Eric Toman
17 Soil Organic Carbon, Soil Formation and Soil Fertility ..... 407
Thomas Gaiser and Karl Stahr
18 Managing Soil Organic Carbon for Advancing Food Security
and Strengthening Ecosystem Services in China .............. 419
Mingsheng Fan, Jian Cao, Wenliang Wei, Fusuo Zhang, and
Yansen Su
19 Research and Development Priorities for Global Soil-
Related Policies and Programs .............................. 431
Rattan Lal, Klaus Lorenz, Reinhard F. Hüttl, Bernd Uwe
Schneider, and Joachim von Braun
Index ......................................................... 457
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