1、June 25-28,2025LATIN AMERICAN&CARIBBEANMuseum of TomorrowRio de Janeiro,BrazilSoil Carbon Research SymposiumLAC Soil CarbonJune 25-28,2025Rio de Janeiro,BrazilRmi CardinaelAgroforestry and soil organic carbon in the Latin American and Caribbean region,a meta-analysisAgroforestry and soil organic car
2、bon in the Latin American and Caribbean region,a meta-analysisDamien BeillouinClo VerstraeteRmi CardinaelUlysse ChabrouxJean-Baptiste LaurentPierre-Andr WaiteJulien Demenois“Beyond averages:depth,time,and context shape soil carbon outcomes in agroforestry in Central America and the Caribbean”(Under
3、review).Introduction Agroforestry is increasingly seen as a naturalclimate solution(NCS)with many associated co-benefits(biodiversity,food security,etc).Griscom et al.,(2017).*AFS exceeding 25%tree cover Global estimates of the cost-effective mitigation potential of agroforestry range from 0.12 to 0
4、.31 Pg C yr1(Griscom et al.,2017;Chapman et al.,2020;Roe et al.,2021).One of the largest agricultural NCS opportunity.Agroforestry is one of the best agricultural practice to increase SOC stocks.Introduction+20%+26%Beillouin et al.,(2023).Introduction Default emission factors for 8 major types of ag
5、roforestry systems per climatic region have been included for the first time in the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.Sites of published studies on SOC(circles)and biomass(triangles)in agroforestry.Introduction But,uncertainty remains very high.Agrof
6、orestry typologies are very broad,e.g.silvopasture could describe systems ranging from occasional,scattered trees in pastures to livestock grazing under a closed canopy.Terasaki Hart et al.,(2023),data from Cardinael et al.,(2018).A data-driven approach is needed to understand the potential controls