Agroforestry for Carbon and Ecosystem Management

Dr. Manoj Kumar Jhariya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Farm Forestry at Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya (Formerly, Sarguja University), Sarguja, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India. Dr. Jhariya acquired B.Sc. (Agriculture), M.Sc. (Forestry) and PhD. (Forestry) Degrees from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He won the University Gold Medal for securing first class first position in PhD. examination. He was awarded Chhattisgarh Young Scientist Award in the year 2013 from Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology. He was awarded a UGC-RGNF Fellowship, New Delhi, India. He is editorial board member of several journals. He is life member of- The Indian Science Congress Association, Applied and Natural Science Foundation, Society for Advancement of Human and Nature, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Association of India, and ISDS Society &International Journal of Development and Sustainability. He is dynamically involved in teaching and research. Dr. Meena was born into a farming family and is working in the Department of Agronomy at IAS, BHU, Varanasi. With an excellent academic background, he has been elected a fellow of several academies, including the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), the National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS), the Indian Society of Agronomy (ISA), and the Society for Rapeseed-Mustard Research (SRMR). The Ministry of Education has also awarded him the Raman Fellowship for the USA under World Food Prize Laureate Prof. Rattan Lal, and he was an INSA visiting scientist at ISARC-IRRI. Additionally, he has been listed among the world's 2% of scientists for his career. He guided 8 PhD, 29 master’s and completed 10 externally funded projects from IRRI, IoE-BHU, SERB-DST, ICAR, MOE, and GOI. Dr. He has made significant research contributions to natural resource management and to farm and industrial waste recycling for soil health. Dr. Meena evaluates energy flow, atmospheric CO2 capture, carbon credit and auditing, and eco-friendly techniques for a sustainable food system and soil regeneration, as evidenced by high-impact publications and extension work at the farmer level. He has published extensively, with an H-index of 76, an I-10 index of 222, and 17,250 citations. His work is crucial for understanding the long-term stability of soil carbon, which enhances soil microbial and nutrient dynamics in rice-based diversified cropping systems. He trained farmers from the Deep Forest Tribe to adopt climate-smart practices to secure their livelihoods under the DST-SEED grant project. Dr. Meena has also contributed to the agricultural extension activities in the “Honourable Prime Minister of India” villages. His future work aims to reduce soil organic carbon oxidation and enhance its stability in agroecosystems, enabling farmers to benefit from carbon credits and generate additional income.Dr. Arnab Banerjee is an Assistant Professor in Department of Environmental Science, Sarguja Vishwavidyalaya, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has completed M.Sc. and PhD. (Environmental Science) From Burdwan University and M.Phil. in Environmental Science from Kalyani University West Bengal. He won the University Gold Medal for securing first class first position in M.Sc. examination. He has been awarded Young Scientist Award for best oral presentation at International Conference held at University of Burdwan. He was a project fellow under UGC sponsored major research project. HHe is life member of academy of environmental biology. In addition to research and teaching, he supervises Post Graduate Students. Dr. Sandeep Kumar is currently working as a scientist (Agronomy) at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station, Karnal, India. His research interests have focused on enhancing resource use efficiencies for sustainable crop production. He has published extensively, received numerous national awards, including Young Scientist, Best Paper Awards, Best Research Scholar, and received Best Master’s Thesis awards. Dr. Abhishek Raj is Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar (Punjab), India, and the author or co-author of an extensive number of books, papers and book chapters. He acquired B.Sc. (Forestry) from SHUATS, Allahabad (U.P.), M.Sc. and PhD. (both in Forestry) degrees from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India. He has qualified ICAR- NET (National Eligibility Test) in Agroforestry and received Young Scientist Award in 2016

• Section I General/Introduction 1. Agroforestry for Carbon and Ecosystem Management: An overviewSection II Agroforestry: A way for Sustainability 2. Agroforestry for soil health, food and livelihood security 3. Agroforestry and agriculture intensification 4. Agroforestry for degraded land use systems 5. Agroforestry and biodiversity conservation 6. Agroforestry to mitigate the climate change 7. Tree Shelterbelts for Sustainable Agroforestry SystemsSection III Agroforestry Carbon Management 8. Carbon sink, mitigation, and sequestration under climate change 9. Carbon flux and budget of agroforestry 10. Carbon fraction and pools in plants and soil 11. Carbon credit, trading, green economy, and clean development mechanisms 12. Urban emission reduction and carbon management 13. Wetland-based Agroforestry: Carbon management towards Sustainability 14. Role of forest ecosystem in climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration in Northern PakistanSection IV Agroforestry and Ecosystem Management 15. Agroforestry and ecosystem services 16. How to reduce the supply of nutrients to the soil, increase water reserves and mitigate climate change 17. Management of degraded coastal sites through agroforestry in the Niger Delta 18. Agroforestry as a tool for climate change mitigation and agriculture sustainability: lessons from Africa 19. Agroforestry and arthropod diversity for ecosystem services 20. Dryland agroforestry for mitigation of air pollution and climate change 21. Biomass-based agroforestry for sustainable land-use planning and management 22. Challenges to management of evergreen oak forest systems in the Mediterranean basin 23. Transformation of organic matter and impact on nitrogen cycle in the ecosystem 24. Towards planning more sustainable agroforestry systems in the face of climate change: individual potential from croplands and woodlandsSection V Agroforestry Modeling and Remote Sensing 25. Agroforestry modeling for natural resource conservation. 26. Process-based models for tree-crop interaction 27. Application of geospatial technology for agroforestry managementSection VI Policies Issues 28. Evolution and Modernity of Policy Issues in Carbon Management 29. Policy regarding sustainable forest management and resources 30. Legal and policy framework for agroforestry ecosystem management