Carbon sink enhancement in soils of Europe : data, modeling, verification

The results on 'Data and Database Strategy' of the Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment (INSEA) project of the 6th Framework Programme are presented. The collection of papers include a wide range of studies carried out in the EU: observation of available data sources on soils; the organic carbon content in the top soil and its validation; field verification of the changes in the soil organic carbon; application of the field-scale model EPIC (Environmental Policy Integrated Climate) to predict the changes in soil organic carbon content due to land management. The book addresses specialists and those who are focused on the research of the soil organic carbon.