Deforestation impact on soil organic carbon stocks in Meknes Region, Morocco
Land-use change affects soil organic carbon (SOC), the depletion of which leads to degradation of soil functions and ecosystem services. Deforestation for agricultural development or expansion is a common land use problem that can cause a range of changes in the ecological environment and soil carbo...
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National Institute of Agronomic Research "INRA" Morocco
2024-09-01
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| author | amal amal labaioui Fatima Zahra ( Kbiri Alaoui |
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| description | Land-use change affects soil organic carbon (SOC), the depletion of which leads to degradation of soil functions and ecosystem services. Deforestation for agricultural development or expansion is a common land use problem that can cause a range of changes in the ecological environment and soil carbon stocks in cropping systems. The aim of our study was to investigate the variation in organic carbon stocks at 30 cm depth in forest land and adjacent land cleared for crop production in the Meknes region. Geo-referenced composite soils (0 to 30 cm depth) sampled from forest and cultivated cleared land were analysed for SOC. The results showed a reduction in soil carbon stocks of around 25% after deforestation, we found that soil organic carbon stocks decreased significantly (p<0.05) from 4.99 kg/m2 in forest to 3.78 kg/m2 in cropland. We recommend the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices which help to increase the sequestration of atmospheric carbon in soils to maintain high SOC levels or restore depleted SOC stocks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-893a29ffdda244bfbbf5db66df21ae812025-01-07T10:37:56ZengNational Institute of Agronomic Research "INRA" MoroccoAfrican and Mediterranean Agricultural Journal - Al Awamia0572-27212658-91842024-09-01144212810.34874/IMIST.PRSM/afrimed-i144.4465936771Deforestation impact on soil organic carbon stocks in Meknes Region, Moroccoamal amal labaioui0Fatima Zahra ( Kbiri Alaoui1INRA MarocHassan II Agronomic and Veterinary InstituteLand-use change affects soil organic carbon (SOC), the depletion of which leads to degradation of soil functions and ecosystem services. Deforestation for agricultural development or expansion is a common land use problem that can cause a range of changes in the ecological environment and soil carbon stocks in cropping systems. The aim of our study was to investigate the variation in organic carbon stocks at 30 cm depth in forest land and adjacent land cleared for crop production in the Meknes region. Geo-referenced composite soils (0 to 30 cm depth) sampled from forest and cultivated cleared land were analysed for SOC. The results showed a reduction in soil carbon stocks of around 25% after deforestation, we found that soil organic carbon stocks decreased significantly (p<0.05) from 4.99 kg/m2 in forest to 3.78 kg/m2 in cropland. We recommend the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices which help to increase the sequestration of atmospheric carbon in soils to maintain high SOC levels or restore depleted SOC stocks.https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/Afrimed/article/view/44659soil carbon stockland use changedeforestationmorocco |
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| title | Deforestation impact on soil organic carbon stocks in Meknes Region, Morocco |
| title_full | Deforestation impact on soil organic carbon stocks in Meknes Region, Morocco |
| title_fullStr | Deforestation impact on soil organic carbon stocks in Meknes Region, Morocco |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deforestation impact on soil organic carbon stocks in Meknes Region, Morocco |
| title_short | Deforestation impact on soil organic carbon stocks in Meknes Region, Morocco |
| title_sort | deforestation impact on soil organic carbon stocks in meknes region morocco |
| topic | soil carbon stock land use change deforestation morocco |
| url | https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/Afrimed/article/view/44659 |
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