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Monitoring pyramid
Posted by Peter Donovan 12 years, 11 months ago
While we're on the subject of pyramids, Charley Orchard at Landekg.com has made a useful diagram of what makes monitoring valuable. Click the image to go to the May 2011 Land EKG newsletter explaining it.
Update April 2011
Posted by Peter Donovan 13 years ago
So far, ten land managers have entered the Soil Carbon Challenge, an international and local competition to see how fast land managers can turn atmospheric carbon into water-holding, fertility-enhancing soil organic matter. What this means is that we've done baseline sampling on a few representative plots or microsites, and that this baseline sampling can be repeated with consistency at years 3, 6, and 10 to gauge the amount and rate of soil carbon change, and help to distinguish the effects of management from those of weather. |
Policy pyramids
Posted by Peter Donovan 13 years ago
Carbon cycling is a process
Posted by Peter Donovan 13 years ago
The current situation over much of the world is this:
Terry Gompert
Posted by Peter Donovan 13 years ago
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Terry Gompert, of Center, Nebraska, USA, on March 25. Terry was a good friend and a dynamic and effective force for holistic management and soil health, and he will be sorely missed.
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